Name not reported

Five men held in the jail at Dyersburg, Tennessee, were taken from it on a Friday night in early February 1869 by a group of citizens and shot to death. The short newspaper report gives no names, ages or other details about the men. It does not say who they were or what the jail's staff did before or during the taking.

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

Reported by: news reports.

News reports (2)

• The New Orleans Crescent, February 5, 1869, page 3 The New Orleans Crescent, February 5, 1869
• The New Orleans Crescent, February 5, 1869, page 2 The New Orleans Crescent, February 5, 1869