Died in custody
William Nershbred
William Nershbred, a Black man, died on August 13, 1894, near Rossville, Tennessee. According to the Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, he had been in the custody of a deputy sheriff when a mob gathered to lynch him. The paper reports that a man named S. A. Crook took him from the deputy and shot him to death with a shotgun, firing both barrels.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper report.