Died in jail or a lockup
Sadler
Sadler was being held in the jail at Springfield, Tennessee, in June 1878. Before dawn on June 20, a mob broke into the jail, took him and a man named Pearson from their cells, and hanged them from a tree about three miles from town. One account says the jailer and his brother resisted as long as they could before the mob got the keys. That account says the two men were strangled.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Springfield, Tennessee jail, took Sadler from his cell and strangled him, after the jailer and his brother resisted as long as they could, according to a historical newspaper account.
Reported by: news reports.