Died in jail or a lockup
Matthew Wilson
Matthew Wilson was being held in a jail in Rutherford, Tennessee, when a mob took him from the jail and killed him. A brief item in the Dakota Farmers' Leader, published on 1 November 1901, reported that his body was riddled with bullets. The killing is described in the press as the work of a mob, and the item gives no further detail about the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Matthew Wilson from a jail in Rutherford, Tennessee, and his body was found riddled with bullets, according to the Dakota Farmers' Leader.
Reported by: Dakota Farmers' Leader (reporters).