Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Chattanooga, Tennessee, was taken from his cell on October 10, 1883, by about fifty masked men and hanged, according to a short wire report carried by the Daily Kennebec Journal. Another man connected to the same matter was said to remain at large.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news dispatch.