Garrett

Garrett was held in the jail at Saulsbury, Tennessee, when a group of men took him from the jail and killed him, according to a report on a federal trial in Memphis. The Herald and Tribune reported that four men were brought before a United States commissioner over his death and later released. The article places the killing in 'last June' and gives no other date.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news report on a federal trial in Memphis says a group of men took Garrett from the jail in Saulsbury, Tennessee and killed him.

Reported by: news reporting on the federal trial in Memphis (reporters).

Source

• Herald And Tribune, August 10, 1871, page 2 Herald And Tribune, August 10, 1871