Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man identified only as Ford was held at the Hohenwald jail in Hohenwald, Tennessee, according to an Associated Press report published in June 1905. The report says a mob of about fifty men took him from the jail and shot him to death about ten miles away. It also says he had been wounded when he was arrested and was still suffering from those wounds when he was taken from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Associated Press report says a mob of about fifty men took him from the Hohenwald, Tennessee jail and shot him.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).