Died in jail or a lockup
C. W. Martin
C. W. Martin was taken from a jail in Ripley County, Tennessee, on Sunday, August 25, 1872, according to a brief newspaper dispatch published in The New North-West. The dispatch reports that a group of about twenty armed men took Martin out of the jail and shot them dead. The record rests on this single short newspaper report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a group of about twenty armed men took C. W. Martin out of the jail and shot him dead.
Reported by: newspaper report.