Died in jail or a lockup
Thomas J. Loyd
A Knoxville dispatch reprinted in The Livingston Enterprise in June 1889 reported that Thomas J. Loyd and a companion named Reynolds were taken from jail by a mob early one morning and lynched. The dispatch described the report as unconfirmed. According to the same dispatch, officers had started with the two men toward Huntsville when the report was filed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Knoxville dispatch reprinted in a Montana paper, unconfirmed, says a mob took Loyd from jail and lynched him.
Reported by: A special from Knoxville to the American (unconfirmed report) (reporters).