Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to The Herald, a mob took a Black man named Smith from the jail at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and shot him to death on October 4, 1895. He was being held in the jail when the mob came for him. The newspaper's report is the only account of his death that this record draws on.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account of the 1895 killing says a mob shot the man after taking him from the Chattanooga jail.
Reported by: news reports.