Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An 18-year-old Black man was held in the Nashville jail in Tennessee when a mob of about 300 masked men broke into the building. According to a newspaper account, the sheriff protested, but the men took him from the jail to a bridge, hanged him, and fired several shots into his body.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 300 masked men broke into the Nashville jail, took him over the sheriff's protest, and hanged him from a bridge.
Reported by: news reports.