Died in jail or a lockup
Jerry Tyler
Jerry Tyler, a Black man, was held in the jail at Franklin, Kentucky, while awaiting trial. According to a Louisville Post special dispatch from Franklin, on Monday night, May 25, 1885, a mob took Jerry Tyler and another man from the jail. The mob hanged Jerry Tyler from a tree just across the line in Tennessee.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Louisville Post special dispatch from Franklin, Kentucky, reports that a mob took Jerry Tyler from the Franklin jail and hanged him from a tree in Tennessee.
Reported by: Louisville Post special dispatch from Franklin, Ky. (reporters).