Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a September 1874 report in The Valley Virginian, a Black man held in the jail at Trenton, Tennessee was taken from the jail by masked men and killed. The newspaper did not give his name or the exact date of the killing. The account says he was one of fourteen Black people killed in the area at the time. The paper does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Valley Virginian reported that masked men summarily murdered him after taking him from the jail at Trenton, Tennessee.
Reported by: The Valley Virginian (reporters).