John Fur
John Fur was held in the Fayetteville jail in Fayette County, West Virginia, when a mob came for him in the early morning of August 30, 1889, according to a Charleston dispatch reprinted in the Shenandoah Herald. The Herald reports that about 150 masked men came from Rush Run, held the jailer and a watchman at gunpoint, and that the watchman handed over the keys after the mob threatened to use dynamite. The mob took him from the jail, shot him, dragged him about half a mile and hanged him from a tree, shooting him many more times. A Portland Daily Press dispatch gives the date as August 29 and the number of men as about 200, and says the mob shot him three times and dragged him half a mile over a rough road.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Charleston, W. Va. dispatch reprinted in the Shenandoah Herald says a mob of about 150 to 200 masked men took him from the Fayetteville jail, shot him, dragged him and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Charleston, W. Va. newspaper dispatch reprinted in the Shenandoah Herald (reporters).