David J. Fairly

According to June 1885 newspaper reports, David J. Fairly was held in a jail in Green County, Louisiana, when a mob took him out and lynched him. One paper placed the jail in Oreon County instead, so the county is in dispute. The accounts are short items with no date for the death and no description of how the mob got in or how jail staff responded.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Grenada Sentinel (reporters).

News reports (3)

• Huntsville Gazette, June 13, 1885, page 1 Huntsville Gazette, June 13, 1885
• The Grenada Sentinel, June 13, 1885, page 3 The Grenada Sentinel, June 13, 1885
• The Panola Weekly Star, June 13, 1885, page 1 The Panola Weekly Star, June 13, 1885