Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man whose name is not given was one of five men taken from a jail by a crowd of citizens and shot to death, according to a correspondent for the Memphis Appeal, as reported in the Gold Hill Daily News on February 2, 1869. The correspondent, writing from Byersburg, said nearly all of the citizens took part and that no attempt was made to disguise the killings.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The 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 (reporters).