Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name and age are not given, 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 the death is placed in that period. The mob's attack on the prisoners is the account given, with the cause of death stated as being shot by masked men. The paper's account says no one was punished for the killings.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took prisoners from the Gibson County jail and shot them, according to the account.
Reported by: news reports.