Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at the jail in Trenton, West Tennessee, was one of sixteen men whom an armed, masked mob took from the jail and killed. The Weekly Clarion, reprinting the Memphis Appeal in September 1874, reported the killings. The men were killed after the mob seized them from the jail, according to that account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Weekly Clarion, reprinting the Memphis Appeal, reports that an armed, masked mob took sixteen Black men from the Trenton jail and killed them.
Reported by: The Weekly Clarion, reprinting the Memphis Appeal (reporters).