Burn Beggarly

Burn Beggarly was held in the jail at Knoxville, Tennessee, when he died in February 1876. According to a telegraphed report published in The Silver State on March 1, 1876, about fifty unmasked men rode up to the jail and demanded the keys. The jailer refused, a revolver was placed at his head, and his wife handed over the keys. The mob took Burn Beggarly from his cell, placed him on a horse, and rode away, and his body was found hanging the next morning.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telegraphed report from Knoxville says about fifty unmasked men took the jailer's keys at gunpoint, and the man was later found hanged.

Reported by: telegraphed newspaper report from Knoxville, Tennessee (reporters).

Source

• The Silver State, March 1, 1876, page 2 The Silver State, March 1, 1876