Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was among sixteen people a mob forcibly took from the jail at Trenton, Tennessee, in late August 1874. The mob killed him, one of fourteen people killed after they were taken from the jail, and two others were mortally wounded. The newspaper account names no other details about him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.