K. D. Atchison
K. D. Atchison was held in the jail at Monterey, Highland County, Virginia. According to a Staunton newspaper dispatch, about ten men came to the jail around midnight on a Friday, demanded the keys, and were told by the person in charge that he did not have them. The men broke down the door, fired through doors and windows, and took Atchison from his cell around 2 a.m.; he was found hanging from a tree about half a mile from town. The dispatch said the local community was indignant and that no arrests had yet been made.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Atchison from the Monterey, Virginia jail and hanged him, according to a Staunton, Va. newspaper dispatch; the jailer said he did not have the keys and the men broke down the door.
Reported by: Staunton, Va. newspaper dispatch (reporters).