Rufus Estept

Rufus Estept was held in the Charleston jail in Kanawha County, West Virginia, in January 1876. According to a Charleston dispatch printed in The Somerset Press, a crowd of about four hundred men overpowered the officers at the jail and took two men from it to Campbell Creek bridge, about three miles from the city, where the paper reports they were hanged. The Weston Democrat's brief telegram said one of three men held there was taken by a mob and hung.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Charleston telegram (reporters); Charleston dispatch printed in the newspaper (reporters).

Sources (4)

• The Somerset Press, January 28, 1876, page 2 The Somerset Press, January 28, 1876
• The Weston Democrat, January 31, 1876, page 3 The Weston Democrat, January 31, 1876
• Bradford Opinion, February 5, 1876, page 4 Bradford Opinion, February 5, 1876
• Port Royal Standard And Commercial, February 24, 1876, page 4 Port Royal Standard And Commercial, February 24, 1876