Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two Black men were held in the jail at Gordonsburg, Tennessee, in September 1916. A mob broke into the jail, took them out, dragged them through the streets to the edge of town, tied them to trees and shot them. The men are not named in the account, and it does not say whether the jailer or officers resisted, gave up the keys or handed them over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.