John Lyons
John Lyons was one of three men held in the jail at Louisa, Kentucky, when a group of about one hundred men came to town in mid-July 1866. According to a Ceredo correspondent's letter, citing an eyewitness, the men went to the jailer and demanded the keys, then took the three prisoners from the jail. The letter says the men were given half an hour before they were hanged. The account of the killing comes from a single newspaper letter, and no official record of the event has been cited.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Ceredo correspondent's letter, citing an eyewitness, says about one hundred men took him and two others from the Louisa jail after the jailer gave up the keys, and hanged them.
Reported by: Ceredo correspondent's letter citing an eyewitness (reporters).