Died in jail or a lockup
One of 4 people whose names were not reported
A Black man, whose name is not recorded, was held in a jail when, according to a news dispatch datelined Chattanooga on October 10, 1883 and printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal, about fifty masked men took him from his cell and hanged him on or about October 9, 1883. The dispatch reports that he refused to give his name.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telegram from Chattanooga reported that about fifty masked men took him from the Huntsville, Alabama jail and hanged him.
Reported by: telegram from Chattanooga (newspaper dispatch) (reporters).