Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

One of 2 people whose names were not reported

died January 28, 1869 · jail at Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee

A man held in the jail at Jackson, Tennessee, was taken from the jail on January 28, 1869, by a group that the Morning Republican identified as the Ku-Klux. The group lynched him. He was killed by the mob after being taken from the custody of the jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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