Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
A Black man, not named in the Forrest City Times year-end review, was one of three people taken from the jail at Jefferson, Tennessee, and hanged by a mob in November 1900. The paper's account, published in January 1901, reports the hanging but gives no details of how the mob reached the prisoners. The source identifies no family or other details about him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Forrest City Times year-end review says a mob hanged this person after taking them from the Jefferson, Tennessee jail.
Reported by: Forrest City Times year-end review of lynchings (reporters).