June 21, 1883

WARREN, Tennessee

African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Law, Race-Relations

A small party of men lynched Wesley Warren for the murder of James Trice, a clerk at the town store in Prospect, Tennessee, which was located 76 miles south of Nashville. J.M Neal purchased a large amount of corn from Trice and stayed at the store until 1A.M. when he boarded a train for Pulaski, Tennessee. Authorities suspected that Warren and his accomplices entered the store at 2 A.M and killed...