Died in jail or a lockup
W. H. Handley
W. H. Handley was held in the Carthage jail in Smith County, Tennessee. According to The Evening Bulletin, on Tuesday, July 31, 1888, a mob of about fifty armed men came to the jail late in the day, took him from his cell and hanged him from a tree. The paper reported that the sheriff refused to hand him over and that about thirty shots were exchanged between the officers and the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.