Name not reported

A Black man held in a Tennessee jail was seized from it by a mob and lynched while his case was pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Reports say the sheriff and his officers made no resistance and did not stop the mob from taking him. The Supreme Court later held the sheriff and his deputies in contempt for conspiring to lynch him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, June 8, 1909, page 9 The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, June 8, 1909