Died in jail or a lockup
Barney Britt
Barney, described in a telegraph report in the Memphis Daily Appeal as a well-known citizen of Portage City, Wisconsin, was shot and, according to the report, died almost at once. The report gives only his first name and town, and nothing about his age or family. A man who was being taken to the jail after the shooting was seized from the officers escorting him by a mob, which put a rope around his neck and hanged him from a tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Memphis Daily Appeal telegraph report says a mob took the accused man from officers while he was being taken to jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Memphis Daily Appeal telegraph report (reporters).