John Ayers

John Ayers was held in a jail. According to a special report in the Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram that quotes Edward Lynch Carico, a group of friends of Jack Allen broke into the jail, took Ayers from his cell to a nearby tree and hanged him. The article places the killing a few years before 1912.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Edward Lynch Carico, as quoted in a Palladium special report, says friends of Jack Allen broke into the jail, dragged John Ayers out under a nearby tree and hanged him.

Reported by: Edward Lynch Carico, as quoted in a Palladium special report.

Source

• The Richmond Palladium And Sun-Telegram, March 20, 1912, page 8 The Richmond Palladium And Sun-Telegram, March 20, 1912