Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Four people held in the jail at Dyersburg, Tennessee, were taken from it by a group of citizens on the night of Friday, January 29, 1869, and shot to death. The report, published in the Daily National Intelligencer on February 4, 1869, gives no names for the four. Their ages, sex and other personal details were not published.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.