Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Knoxville, Tennessee jail was taken from his cell by a mob on the night of September 4, 1885, and killed. The Grenada Gazette reported that the mob hanged him from a river bridge, fired shots at him on the bridge, and that he fell into the river below. He was said to have protested his innocence to the end.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took the man from his cell in the Knoxville jail and hanged him from a river bridge, according to the account.
Reported by: news reports.