Skipp

Skipp was held in the Marion jail in Crittenden County. In January 1869, according to the Memphis Appeal, a mob took him and two other men from the jail, carried them to Frenche's Bayou and shot them to death. The paper, citing people who had arrived from the Marion area, says the men were tortured with a rope thrown over a tree limb before they were shot.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Memphis Appeal, citing arrivals from the Marion area, reports that a mob took Skipp from the Marion jail and shot him to death at Frenche's Bayou.

Reported by: Memphis Appeal (reporters).

Source

• The Athens Post, January 29, 1869, page 1 The Athens Post, January 29, 1869