Executed
Catlett Tipton
Catlett Tipton was hanged at Sevierville, Tennessee, on July 5, 1899, according to a dispatch datelined Chattanooga and published in The Times the next day. The dispatch said he was executed the same day as another man, Pleas Wynn. It reported that both men had confessed and had named a third man as the person who hired them.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: a dispatch datelined Chattanooga (reporters).