John Turner

John Turner was held in a jail when a mob took him from it and hanged him in late August 1889, according to a Bossier Banner report that describes him as Black. That report says about 300 men came for him one night and lynched him at a jail in Virginia. The Climax, which ran a short item on September 4, 1889, places the killing at a jail in Fayetteville and says a mob took him and hanged him. The two accounts differ on where the jail was.

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

News reports (2)

• The Climax, September 4, 1889, page 2 The Climax, September 4, 1889
• The Bossier Banner, September 5, 1889, page 2 The Bossier Banner, September 5, 1889