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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died June 1889 · Tennessee

In June 1889, a mob took people from a jail in a Tennessee town and lynched them. A brief newspaper item reported that the killings took place on the 11th of the month. The people had been held in the jail when the mob took them from it.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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