Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Chattanooga

A Black man held in the Chattanooga jail was taken out by a mob and lynched. The Interior Journal reported that the sheriff allowed this to happen, and the paper argued that officers who permit lynchings should be punished.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News report