Steve Renfroe
Steve Renfroe was taken from the jail at Livingston, Alabama, on the night of July 13, 1886, and killed by a mob, according to the St. Landry Democrat and the Huntsville Gazette. The Marietta Journal said about seventy-five disguised men overawed the jailer and hanged Steve Renfroe outside the city limits. The Macon Beacon said a crowd overpowered the jailer, locked him in his room and hanged Steve Renfroe in the jail yard. In both accounts, the jailer was overcome by the mob before Steve Renfroe was taken from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Several 1886 newspapers report that a mob took Steve Renfroe from the Livingston, Alabama jail and hanged him, with one account saying the jailer was overpowered and locked in his room.
Reported by: Huntsville Gazette (reporters); Marietta Journal (reporters); St. Landry Democrat (reporters).