Archie Jameson
Archie Jameson was held in the jail at Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee. The Chicago Daily Tribune reported that he left a widow and family. The American Citizen said a masked mob broke into the jail on the night of September 14, 1880, took him several miles into the country and hanged him from a tree, while the Tribune's Springfield correspondent gave the date as September 15. The Tribune said the mob drove him out of town and hanged him from a dogwood tree near the Crouch residence, and that the coroner later cut the body down and brought it back to town.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob broke into the Springfield jail, took Archie Jameson out and hanged him from a tree, according to the American Citizen and a Chicago Tribune correspondent.
Reported by: American Citizen (reporters); Springfield correspondent of the Chicago Tribune (reporters).