Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two Black men, whose names are not given in the account, were being held in a Tennessee jail when a mob took them out early on September 28, 1916. The mob shot them to death against trees on a nearby hill. Their deaths are described as homicide, carried out by a mob that had taken them from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took two Black men from a jail in 1916 and shot them to death against trees on a nearby hill.
Reported by: news reports.