Died in jail or a lockup
Bud Farris
Bud Farris was held in the guard house at Union City, Tennessee, in April 1885. According to a Nashville dispatch printed in the Caldwell Tribune, a crowd of armed citizens took him from the guard house early one morning and hanged him from a tree at the fair grounds. The dispatch says he pleaded for his life in vain. The account rests on that one newspaper report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Nashville dispatch printed in the Caldwell Tribune says a crowd of armed citizens took Bud Farris from the guard house at Union City, Tennessee, and hanged him from a tree at the fair grounds.
Reported by: Nashville dispatch as printed in the Caldwell Tribune (reporters).