Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On the evening of February 18, 1881, a mob forcibly took five Black men from the jail in Springfield, Tennessee, and lynched them, according to a special dispatch published the next day. The dispatch does not name the five men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch reported that a mob forcibly took five men from the jail and lynched them.
Reported by: special dispatch.