Died in jail or a lockup
Hays Peebles
Hays Peebles was one of ten men a mob took from a jail. A dispatch reprinted by the Knoxville Weekly Chronicle says the body of Hays Peebles was found in a river-bottom about a mile from town. The dispatch lists Hays Peebles among those the mob murdered.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch reprinted by the Knoxville Weekly Chronicle lists Hays Peebles among ten men a mob took from a jail and murdered, with his body found in a river-bottom about a mile from town.
Reported by: Knoxville Weekly Chronicle, reprinting a dispatch (reporters).