Died in jail or a lockup
Tom Lylliard
Tom Lylliard, a Black man, was held at the Woodbury jail in Tennessee on June 28, 1892, according to a News and Observer report of a special dispatch from Murphysboro. The report says a mob demanded the keys from the jailer, who did not resist, and took Lylliard to the bridge over Stone River and hanged him. The same account says his neck was broken and that he died without a struggle.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Tom Lylliard from the Woodbury jail after the jailer gave up the keys, and hanged him from the bridge over Stone River, according to a News and Observer special dispatch from Murphysboro, Tenn.
Reported by: News and Observer special dispatch from Murphysboro, Tenn. (reporters).