Jane Ward
Jane Ward was held in the Centre jail in Centre, Alabama, along with a man named Dorsey. According to a National Republican dispatch from Rome, Georgia, published in October 1884, about forty masked men took the keys from the jailer, took her from the jail, and hanged her on 21 October 1884. The account says she was hanged from the same tree as Dorsey. The dispatch is the only source describing these events, and no official account of the jailer's conduct is given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The National Republican dispatch from Rome, Ga. reports that about forty masked men took the keys from the jailer and hanged her from the same tree as Dorsey.
Reported by: National Republican dispatch from Rome, Ga. (reporters).