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A lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a mob, and is not limited to deaths by hanging. Pages in category "Lynching deaths in Tennessee" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Mary (c. 1894–September 13, 1916), also known as "Murderous Mary", [1] was a five-ton Asian elephant [2] who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus.After killing circus employee Walter “Red” Eldridge on his second day as her handler in September 1916, in Kingsport, Tennessee, she was hanged in nearby Erwin.
Pages in category "Suicides by hanging in Tennessee" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Brian Christopher
TN Executions. Tennessee Department of Correction. Retrieved on 2023-10-25. 'I did not kill them' condemned man says. The Tennessean, February 3, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-02-04. 'I commend my life into your hands' Tenn. inmate sings hymns as execution is carried out. Fox 17 Nashville. Retrieved on 2019-05-17.
Henry Choate was an 18-year-old African-American teenager who was lynched by a mob in Columbia, Tennessee, on November 13, 1927. [2] Choate was accused of having assaulted 16-year old Sarah Harlan, a white girl, and was taken to the Columbia jail, despite Harlan not being able to identify Choate as the attacker.
Casas was charged with assault causing bodily injury and theft ranging from $50 to $500, according to San Antonio Express-News. The cause of death was hanging, using a bedsheet. Casas was in general population, but alone when the suicide took place. Jail or Agency: Bexar County Adult Detention Center; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: Aug-15
Tennessee: May 22, 1917: Raping and killing a white girl: No charges filed. Scott, Lation: 32: African American: Dyer: Dyer: Tennessee: December 2, 1917: Rape of a white woman: Scott was tortured for 3.5 hours and then burned alive by an angry mob on Sunday December 2, 1917. [363] 15 Mexican Americans: 15–50: Latino: Porvenir: Presidio: Texas ...
The discovery of a black man found hanged from a tree in Mississippi quickly made national headlines and brought back some unpleasant memories of American's violent, racially charged past. "Otis ...