Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five Black men were held in a jail in Nashville on the night of January 27, 1870. A group of men came to the jail at night, took them out, and shot them, according to a short reprinted item in The Republican Journal of February 3, 1870. The item gives no names for the men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Chronicling America newspaper reprint (OCR text) (reporters).