Felix Wyley
Felix Wyley, a Black man, was held in the jail at Tiptonville, Tennessee, in July 1881. According to a Memphis Daily Appeal correspondent's report, a group of men came to the jail on the night of Sunday, July 24, and demanded that Sheriff Pittman surrender him; the sheriff asked them to wait until the next day, and his appeals held them off that night. On the night of Monday, July 25, between 8 and 9 o'clock, a mob took Wyley from the jail and hanged him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper correspondent reports that a mob took Felix Wyley from the Tiptonville, Tennessee jail and hanged him after Sheriff Pittman's appeals to hold them off failed.
Reported by: Special to the Appeal (newspaper correspondent) (reporters).