Died in custody
Name not reported
According to a September 1894 report in The State Herald, a mob near Millington, Tennessee, took several Black men and lynched them. The paper says a detective had been warned that an attempt would be made to take the men in custody, and that the mob then led them away. Four men were arrested on warrants in connection with the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.