Baker

Baker was held in the jail in Knoxville, Tennessee. According to a telegraphed report reprinted in The Daily Gate City in September 1865, a crowd of men took him from the jail and hanged him the same night. A separate item in The Tipton Advertiser that month says a mob took a man named Baker from a jail and hung him in the street. Neither account gives the date of death, the names of those in the crowd, or whether jail officers resisted or handed over the keys.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Baker from a jail and hanged him, according to a telegraphed report reprinted in a newspaper.

Reported by: telegraphed report reprinted in a newspaper.

Sources (2)

• The Tipton Advertiser, September 14, 1865, page 2 The Tipton Advertiser, September 14, 1865
• The Daily Gate City, September 19, 1865, page 1 The Daily Gate City, September 19, 1865