Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On June 8, 1883, a mob took one of two young men from the Waverly jail, according to a telegraphic report in the Morning Appeal. The report says the mob came from Fayette county and broke the jail doors down with sledgehammers after the sheriff refused to give up the keys. They took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree a short distance east of the building.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Morning Appeal's telegraphic report says a mob took one of the Barber boys from a jail, battered the doors down with sledge-hammers, and hanged him from a tree after the sheriff refused to give up the keys.
Reported by: Morning Appeal telegraphic report (reporters).