Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name and age the Chicago Daily Tribune did not give, 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 account, published October 12, 1876, gives no date for the killing. The writer 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.