Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On the evening of February 18, 1881, a mob broke into the jail in Springfield, Tennessee, and took five Black men from it, according to a special dispatch printed in The Daily Gazette the next day. The mob lynched all five men. The dispatch gives their names as unknown and describes no response from the jail's officers or local officials.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch from Springfield reports that a mob forcibly took five men from the jail and lynched them.
Reported by: special dispatch.