Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On January 29, 1869, a crowd of citizens took five people from the jail at Biersburg, Tennessee, and shot them to death, according to a brief item in The Albany Register published February 6, 1869. The paper said nearly all of the citizens took part in the shooting and made no attempt at disguise. The account gives no names for the people who died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper report.