Died in jail or a lockup
Bill Garrett
Bill Garrett was held in the jail at Salisbury, Tennessee, in June 1871. According to a Memphis dispatch published in the New Orleans Republican on June 21, 1871, parties unknown took him from the jail, carried him into the woods and shot him. The dispatch describes the killing as the work of a mob that broke in, though it does not say whether jail staff resisted or gave up the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Memphis dispatch reports that parties unknown took him from the jail at Salisbury, carried him to the woods and shot him.
Reported by: Memphis dispatch (reporters).