Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Five men were taken from a jail by a crowd of citizens and shot to death, according to a correspondent for the Memphis Appeal, reported in the Gold Hill Daily News on February 2, 1869. The date of death is given as January 29, 1869, and the correspondent wrote from Byersburg. The account says no attempt was made to disguise the killings and that nearly all of the citizens took part. No names are given, and nothing else about this person is reported.
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).