Died in custody
John Gillispie
John Gillispie was being held in the custody of the sheriff near Knoxville, Tennessee, in March 1886. The Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, summarizing another report that month, said a mob took him from the sheriff and hanged him. The death was reported as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief 1886 newspaper item says a mob took John Gillispie from the sheriff and hanged him near Knoxville.
Reported by: Semi-Weekly Interior Journal (reporters).