James Truxtill

James Truxtill was held in the custody of officers near Somerset, Kentucky, in November 1883. According to a Memphis Daily Appeal dispatch dated November 10, a mob took him from the officers and hanged him from the Cincinnati Southern railroad bridge over the Cumberland River. The San Antonio Light and The Austin Weekly Statesman carried the same account, with one spelling his name Touxtill. Whether the officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over is not established by these reports.

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

Reported by: Memphis Daily Appeal report of Somerset, Ky., dispatch (reporters).

News reports (3)

• Memphis Daily Appeal, November 11, 1883, page 2 Memphis Daily Appeal, November 11, 1883
• The San Antonio Light, November 12, 1883, page 3 The San Antonio Light, November 12, 1883
• The Austin Weekly Statesman, November 15, 1883, page 7 The Austin Weekly Statesman, November 15, 1883