Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Four people were being held in the jail at Dyersburg, Tennessee. According to a newspaper report, a group of citizens took them from the jail on the night of Friday, January 29, 1869, and shot them to death. The people killed were held in the jail when the group came for them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.