Died in jail or a lockup
O. W. Tillery
O. W. Tillery was held in a jail in 1875 when, according to a newspaper report, a mob of about forty masked men overpowered and bound the guards and broke open the jail doors. The men took him to a tree in the jail yard and hanged him. The report says the sheriff was notified but did not arrive until the hanging was finished. An inquest returned a verdict of hanging by persons unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a mob of about forty masked men overpowered and bound the guards, took O. W. Tillery from the jail and hanged him, and an inquest jury returned a verdict of hanging by persons unknown.
Reported by: newspaper report; inquest jury.