Garret
Bill Garrett was held in the jail at Salisbury, Tennessee, in June 1871. According to a Memphis dispatch published June 21, 1871, parties unknown took him from the jail, carried him to the woods and shot him. Later reporting in The Greenville Enterprise said four men were arraigned before a United States Commissioner in Memphis for his murder, and that they were discharged after the Commissioner found the principal witnesses' testimony malicious and untrue. Two of those witnesses were then arrested for perjury and committed to jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). A Memphis dispatch reports that parties unknown took Garrett from the Salisbury jail, carried him to the woods and shot him, while a Greenville Enterprise account of a United States Commissioner's trial says four men were discharged after the principal witnesses' testimony was found malicious and untrue, and two of those witnesses were then jailed for perjury.
Reported by: Memphis dispatch (reporters); The Greenville Enterprise, reporting a United States Commissioner's trial in Memphis (reporters).