Grant Atterbery

Grant Atterbery was being held in the jail at Sullivan, Illinois, when a mob took him from the jail. The mob dragged him to the courthouse and hanged him from a tree there, and he died. Atterbery was in the custody of the jail when the mob came for him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Source

• Condon Globe, February 21, 1896, page 1 Condon Globe, February 21, 1896