Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unnamed Black man was one of four Black men killed after masked men took ten prisoners from the Gibson County jail in Tennessee and fired on them. The Chicago Daily Tribune reported the killings in October 1876, and its writer said no one was punished for them. The men were held at the jail when the masked men took them out and shot them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.