Tobe M. Crady

Tobe M. Crady was in the custody of Sheriff Chancey, who was taking him by buggy toward the county jail at Troy, Alabama. A mob stopped the buggy, and according to the account the sheriff let Tobe M. Crady jump out and run. The mob then fired a volley of shots after him and killed him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob stopped the sheriff's buggy while Tobe M. Crady was being taken to the Troy county jail, and fired on him after the sheriff let him run.

Reported by: Sheriff Chancey (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

• The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 6, 1895, page 2 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 6, 1895