Garrett
Bill Garrett was held in the jail at Salisbury, Tennessee, in June 1871. A Memphis dispatch reported that a mob took him from the jail, carried him into the woods and shot him. Four men were later arraigned before a United States Commissioner in Memphis over his killing, but they were discharged after the Commissioner found the principal witnesses' testimony malicious and untrue, and two of those witnesses were then arrested for perjury.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (disputed). A Memphis dispatch says parties unknown took Garrett from the Salisbury jail, shot him in the woods, and the Greenville Enterprise reports four men were tried for the killing before a U.S. Commissioner, who discharged them after finding the principal witnesses' testimony malicious and untrue.
Reported by: Memphis dispatch (reporters); Greenville Enterprise, reporting a United States Commissioner's trial in Memphis (reporters).