Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a Byersburg correspondent for the Memphis Appeal, reprinted in the Gold Hill Daily News on February 2, 1869, a crowd of citizens took one of five men from a jail and shot him to death. The correspondent said no attempt was made to disguise the killings and that nearly all of the citizens took part. The account gives no name for him and does not say who held him in the jail or whether the jailer resisted or handed over the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Memphis Appeal's Byersburg correspondent reported that a crowd of citizens took five men from a jail and shot them to death.
Reported by: The Appeal's Byersburg correspondent (Memphis Appeal) (reporters).