One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A Black man held in custody was being taken in a chained wagon, with five other prisoners, under the control of a deputy sheriff and a guard toward Millington, Tennessee, in Shelby County, in 1894. According to a news dispatch citing the deputy and guard, an armed mob of about fifty men stopped the wagon near a creek bridge and fired on the prisoners, killing him. The deputy protested and was held at gunpoint, and the deputy and guard said they did not recognize any of the attackers. The dispatch does not give his name in legible form.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch citing the deputy and guard says an armed mob of about fifty men stopped the wagon carrying the prisoners and shot them.
Reported by: the deputy sheriff and guard escorting the prisoners, as cited in a news dispatch (the agency that held him); news dispatch.