John Redfern
John Redfern was held in the Franklin, Kentucky, jail in July 1892, after a shooting at his house that killed P. D. Dunn, a former circuit court clerk. A dispatch from Franklin reported that a mob took him from the jail around midnight and hanged him. One account says he had surrendered to the sheriff in town after the shooting and was a tenant on Dunn's land. The dispatch does not say whether the sheriff or jailers resisted the mob or gave up the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch from Franklin, Kentucky, reports that a mob took Redfern from the local jail around midnight and hanged him after a shooting at his house that also killed P. D. Dunn.
Reported by: A dispatch from Franklin, Ky., reported by the Daily Public Ledger (reporters); By Telegraph to the State Chronicle (reporters).