J. R. Redfern

J. R. Redfern was held in the Franklin jail in Franklin, Kentucky. A dispatch from Franklin says a mob took him from the jail at midnight and hanged him, and the Daily Public Ledger puts the killing early on July 13, 1892. Both accounts connect the mob to a shooting near Franklin that also killed P. D. Dunn, a former circuit court clerk. The Ledger describes Redfern as a tenant on Dunn's land who had surrendered to the sheriff in town after the shooting.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch from Franklin, Kentucky, and the Daily Public Ledger report that a mob took Redfern from the Franklin jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Dispatch from Franklin, Ky. (reporters); Daily Public Ledger (reporters).

News reports (2)

• San Antonio Daily Light, July 13, 1892, page 1 San Antonio Daily Light, July 13, 1892
• Daily Public Ledger, July 13, 1892, page 3 Daily Public Ledger, July 13, 1892