Walker

Walker was held in the jail at Columbia, Tennessee, according to an unsigned report in the Fayetteville Observer published on March 12, 1868. The paper says that on the night of Wednesday, March 4, 1868, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him. His body was found the next morning hanging from a tree limb. The paper described the killing as retribution.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Fayetteville Observer reported that Walker was taken from the Columbia jail at night and hanged, and that no one who took him was named.

Reported by: Fayetteville Observer (reporters).

Source

• Fayetteville Observer, March 12, 1868, page 2 Fayetteville Observer, March 12, 1868