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Died in custody

Name not reported

Tennessee

Charley Davis was being held in the custody of a Tennessee sheriff when a mob took him and hanged him, according to a report in the Fort Mill Times in August 1901. The sheriff tried to keep the prisoner, and a struggle followed. Davis broke away briefly, but the mob caught up with him some distance from town.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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