Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died February 12, 1869 · Dyer County, Tennessee

A person held at the jail in Dyersburg, Tennessee, was taken from the building by a group of citizens on the night of February 12, 1869, and shot to death. The Weekly Caucasian reported that five people were taken from the jail that night and shot. The report names no one, and it does not say whether jail staff resisted the group or handed the person over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Weekly Caucasian, February 13, 1869, page 2 The Weekly Caucasian, February 13, 1869

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