Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1874, one of fourteen Black people held in the jail at Trenton, Tennessee, was taken from the jail by masked men and killed, according to The Valley Virginian. The paper reported the killing in September 1874 and called it a summary murder by masked men. The jail held them when the mob took them, and the paper's account of the killing is the only claim made about it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Valley Virginian reported that masked men summarily murdered one of fourteen Black people taken from the Trenton, Tennessee jail.
Reported by: The Valley Virginian (reporters).