Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person was shot to death through the grating of a jail in Tennessee in April 1886, according to a brief report in The Greenville Times. The paper described the death as a shooting. The person's identity and the circumstances of the shooting are otherwise not set out in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. A brief newspaper note says the person was shot to death through the jail grating, but it names no shooter and gives no other circumstances.
Reported by: a brief newspaper note.