Victor Hill
Victor Hill was held in the McMinnville jail in Tennessee when, on the night of Saturday, April 25, 1896, a mob of about fifteen armed men came for him. According to a Nashville news dispatch, the men dragged the jailer from his bed and forced him to hand over the cell keys. They took Victor Hill and other prisoners on horseback about five miles from town and hanged them. The dispatch says the mob came from Van Buren County.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch from Nashville, Tennessee reports that a mob of about fifteen armed men took Victor Hill from the McMinnville jail, dragged the jailer from his bed, forced him to give up the cell keys, and hanged him.
Reported by: Nashville, Tenn. news dispatch (reporters).