Name not reported

A man from the Barber family was held in the Waverly jail, according to a telegraphic report in the Morning Appeal of June 10, 1883. The report says a mob came to the jail, and that the sheriff refused to give up the keys, so the mob broke in with sledgehammers. The mob then took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree near the building. The report also says his brother had been taken from the same jail by the same mob.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Morning Appeal telegraphic report says a mob broke into the jail with sledgehammers after the sheriff refused to give up the keys, and hanged him from a tree near the jail.

Reported by: Morning Appeal telegraphic report (reporters).

Source

• Morning Appeal, June 10, 1883, page 2 Morning Appeal, June 10, 1883