Died in jail or a lockup
George Kites
George Kites was in the custody of the sheriff and about a dozen deputies, who were taking him to the county seat at Ripley, Tennessee, to be placed in jail. A November 1906 account in The Hickman Courier reported that an armed mob overtook the party near Hales Point. The sheriff parleyed and argued with the crowd, but the mob overpowered the officers, seized Kites and hanged him from a tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Hickman Courier (reporters).