Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two people held at a Tennessee jail were shot to death through the grating of the jail in April 1886, according to a brief item in The Greenville Times. The paper does not name either of them. It does not say who fired the shots, and the shooters were not caught.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Two people were shot through the grating of a jail, and the paper reports the shooters were not caught.
Reported by: news reports.