Barber brothers
Two brothers, both named Barber, were held in the Waverly jail in Waverly, Iowa. According to a Savannah Morning News report of the Waverly dispatch, a mob of about two hundred men from Fayette County came to the jail at midnight on June 10, 1883. The sheriff refused to give up the jail keys, and the mob broke down the doors with sledge hammers before taking the men out and killing them. County officers tried to protect the prisoners but could not stop the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Savannah Morning News report of a Waverly, Iowa dispatch says a mob of about two hundred men broke into the jail, battered down the doors with sledge hammers and hanged the Barber brothers from a tree.
Reported by: Savannah Morning News (reporters).