Wade

Wade, a Black man, was held by officers at Race Hill in Stewart County, Tennessee, in August 1872. According to a Nashville news dispatch reprinted in the Worcester Daily Spy, a party of citizens took him from the officers who had captured him and hanged him from a tree. The dispatch says he was shot repeatedly the following night.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Nashville news dispatch reports that a party of citizens took Wade from the officers holding him, hanged him from a tree and shot him repeatedly the following night.

Reported by: Nashville news dispatch (reporters).

Source

• Worcester Daily Spy, August 19, 1872, page 1 Worcester Daily Spy, August 19, 1872