Evans

Evans was one of five people reportedly held in the jail at Dyersburg, Tennessee, when they were taken out on or about January 29, 1869. According to the Nashville Union and American, published February 2, 1869, a party of citizens who did not disguise themselves took the five from the jail and shot them to death. The killing is recorded as a mob taking people from jail custody, and Evans's name appears in that report.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a party of undisguised citizens took Evans and four others from the Dyersburg, Tenn., jail and shot them.

Reported by: newspaper report, 'It is reported' (reporters).

Source

• Nashville Union And American, February 2, 1869, page 4 Nashville Union And American, February 2, 1869