Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Kyle Walker

died June 21, 1883 · Giles County, Tennessee

Kyle Walker was being held in the jail at Pulaski, Tennessee. On the night of Thursday, June 21, 1883, a group of men took Kyle Walker from the jail and killed them. The Savannah Morning News reported the killing as a lynching, and Harry Reed, who was also held at the jail, was taken and killed the same night.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Kyle Walker from the Pulaski jail and lynched him.

Reported by: news reports.

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