William Bate

William Bate was held in the jail at Shelbyville, in Bedford County, Tennessee. According to a brief state news item in the Herald and Tribune published June 30, 1892, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him. The item does not say whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed over the keys.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief state news column reports that a mob took William Bate from the Shelbyville jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Herald And Tribune, state news column (reporters).

Source

• Herald And Tribune, June 30, 1892, page 2 Herald And Tribune, June 30, 1892