Joseph Dye
Joseph Dye was being moved by wagon from the Warrenton jail under a guard of four, on the order of the Commonwealth's attorney, who wanted to keep him from a threatened mob. Early on March 18, 1892, about sixty masked men overtook the wagon near Gainesville and took him from the guards, who offered no resistance. The mob hanged him and then shot him, and an inquest jury gave hanging and gunshot wounds as the cause of death. Reports say he begged for his life and protested his innocence, and that neighbors in the area condemned the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about sixty masked men took Joseph Dye from a four-guard wagon escort after the Commonwealth's attorney had ordered him moved from the Warrenton jail, then hanged and shot him.
Reported by: inquest jury; Richmond Times special dispatch (reporters).