One of 5 people whose names were not reported

Five people held in the jail at Dyersburg, Tennessee, were taken out of it by a group of citizens on a Friday night in early February 1869 and shot to death. The Crescent's brief report names none of them and gives no ages or other details. The jail held these people. The cause given is gunshot, and the report names no one as responsible.

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