Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unidentified Black man was taken from the custody of the sheriff by a mob near Jellico, Tennessee, and lynched, according to a December 1892 report in The Record-Union. The account gives no name for him and does not say where he had been held. The mob took him and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.