Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On February 26, 1871, about 800 armed, masked men rode into a town, blocked the roads and went to the jail, according to a newspaper account reprinted in the Fayette County Herald. The jailer was forced to give up the keys, and the men took ten prisoners out of the jail. Two of those taken were hanged a short distance outside town. The mayor and a newspaper editor saw these events and asked for soldiers.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account reprinted in the Fayette County Herald says a mob of about 800 armed, masked men took two prisoners from the jail, after the jailer gave up the keys, and hanged them.
Reported by: Fayette County Herald (reprinting a newspaper account) (reporters).