Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

One of 2 people whose names were not reported

died January 19, 1899 · Moore County Jail, Moore County, Tennessee

According to an unnamed report that reached Memphis, a mob took two people from the jail at Lynchburg, Tennessee, and killed them. The killings were dated January 19, 1899, in that report. The jail had been holding both people when the mob seized them.

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

Reported by: unnamed report reaching Memphis (reporters).

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