Barker

Barker was held in a jail in Lexington in July 1858 when a crowd of citizens took him from the jail to the courthouse yard. Newspaper accounts report that the crowd hanged him from a courthouse window on July 10, 1858. The first rope broke and he fell, and the crowd then hanged him again.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Citizens took Barker from the jail and hanged him from a court house window after he was held for stabbing a city marshal.

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (2)

• The Weekly Ottumwa Courier, July 15, 1858, page 2 The Weekly Ottumwa Courier, July 15, 1858
• Memphis Daily Appeal, July 16, 1858, page 2 Memphis Daily Appeal, July 16, 1858