Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in the Nashville jail was taken from custody by a mob, shot, and their body was burned, according to a reprinted 1892 Asheville Daily Citizen editorial. The editorial faults the governor for not using force to stop the mob and says he should have defended the state's honor. The account gives no name for the person and no exact date for the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: reprinted editorial in the historical newspaper.