Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was one of sixteen people taken from a Tennessee jail by a mob and hanged, according to a report from the United States District Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, forwarded to the Attorney-General and published in the Chicago Daily Tribune in October 1874. His name, age, and date of death are not given in the account. The federal attorney reported that sixteen men were later indicted for the killings and that he had difficulty obtaining proof and witnesses willing to appear.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: United States District Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, report forwarded to the Attorney-General (outside investigators).