John Redfern

John Redfern was held in the Franklin, Kentucky, jail in July 1892. Newspaper accounts report that around midnight on July 12, about fifty men came to the jail, woke the jailer, and obtained the keys. They took Redfern from his cell, carried him about two miles to Sharp's Branch, and hanged him, and his body was found there the next morning. One dispatch links the mob's action to a shooting at Redfern's house that killed P. D. Dunn, a former circuit court clerk.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody

Sources (10)

• San Antonio Daily Light, July 13, 1892, page 1 San Antonio Daily Light, July 13, 1892
• Daily Public Ledger, July 13, 1892, page 3 Daily Public Ledger, July 13, 1892
• The Evening World, July 13, 1892, page 2 The Evening World, July 13, 1892
• Alexandria Gazette, July 14, 1892, page 3 Alexandria Gazette, July 14, 1892
• The Durham Daily Globe, July 14, 1892, page 4 The Durham Daily Globe, July 14, 1892
• The State Chronicle, July 14, 1892, page 4 The State Chronicle, July 14, 1892
• Rock Island Daily Argus, July 14, 1892, page 4 Rock Island Daily Argus, July 14, 1892
• The Portland Daily Press, July 14, 1892, page 1 The Portland Daily Press, July 14, 1892
• The Vermont Watchman, July 20, 1892, page 8 The Vermont Watchman, July 20, 1892
• The Pickens Sentinel, July 28, 1892, page 1 The Pickens Sentinel, July 28, 1892