William Warner
William Warner was one of six Black men held in the custody of detectives near Millington, Tennessee, on August 31, 1894, while being taken by wagon toward the Memphis county jail. According to the coroner's inquest and detectives W. S. Richardson and A. T. Atkinson, a mob of about fifty men stopped the wagon, took the men from the officers and shot them while they were handcuffed. The inquest returned a verdict that he died at the hands of unknown parties, and a grand jury was ordered to investigate.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about fifty men stopped the wagon carrying William Warner and five other shackled men toward the Memphis County Jail, took them from detectives W. S. Richardson and A. T. Atkinson, and shot them; a coroner's inquest returned a verdict of death at the hands of unknown parties.
Reported by: Coroner's inquest (medical examiner or coroner); Detectives W. S. Richardson and A. T. Atkinson (the agency that held him).