Steve Jacobs
Steve Jacobe was held at the jail in Fayetteville, Tennessee, in April 1890 when a mob took him from his cell and killed him. The Indianapolis Journal reported that about 100 men rode into town before dawn on April 20, demanded that the sheriff hand him over, and broke the jail doors with sledges. The paper said the sheriff and his deputy were seized and forced to unlock his cell, and that the mob hanged him from a tree about a mile from town. The Daily Republican gave the date of his death as April 21.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Steve Jacobe from the Fayetteville, Tennessee jail and killed him, according to the accounts; the sheriff and deputy were seized and forced to unlock his cell.
Reported by: news reports.