Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at a county jail was taken from custody in March 1906 by a mob of about 75 men, according to The Southern Sentinel. The paper says the mob overpowered the sheriff and deputies, and that the sheriff and jailer were locked in a bathroom during the seizure. The mob led him to the county bridge over the Tennessee River and hanged him, and when the rope broke they shot him repeatedly.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Southern Sentinel reports a mob of about 75 men overpowered the sheriff and deputies, hanged him from the county bridge after the rope broke, and then shot him repeatedly.
Reported by: The Southern Sentinel (reporters).