Died in jail or a lockup
Jee Robertsen
On Friday night, November 29, 1895, Jee Robertsen was being held in the Fayetteville jail in Tennessee when a mob came for them. According to the Daily Public Ledger, Sheriff Menefee refused to hand the prisoners over at the train, and after the mob threatened dynamite, a later group of about 200 armed men battered down four doors of the jail and took Robertsen out. The mob hanged Robertsen in the courthouse yard, and the report says no shots were fired.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Nashville dispatch reports that a mob took Jee Robertsen from the Fayetteville jail and hanged him in the courthouse yard, after Sheriff Menefee refused to hand over the prisoners.
Reported by: Nashville dispatch (reporters).