Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A crowd of citizens took one of five men from the jail at Byersburg on January 29, 1869, and shot him to death, according to a correspondent for the Memphis Appeal. The correspondent wrote that no attempt was made to disguise the killings and that nearly all of the citizens took part. The Gold Hill Daily News reprinted the account on February 2, 1869. The man's name is not known from this account.
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).