Died in jail or a lockup
Kyle Walker
Kyle Walker was held in the Pulaski, Tennessee jail in June 1883, along with Harry Reed, after the two men were arrested, released and then rearrested. On the night of Thursday, June 21, 1883, a group of men took both men from the jail and lynched them, according to the Savannah Morning News. A second paper, the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, reported that Walker was taken from a jail by a mob and hanged that same Thursday night.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Kyle Walker from the jail in Pulaski, Tennessee, and lynched him, according to the accounts of his death.
Reported by: news reports.