Died in custody
Walton
Walton was held by a sheriff at Nitta Yuma, Mississippi, while he waited for a train to the county seat. According to a 1893 newspaper report, a mob of about 500 men overpowered the sheriff guarding him and took him back to the scene of the killing of Rufus Haywood. The mob hanged him to a limb and shot his body full of bullets.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news report says a mob of about 500 men overpowered the sheriff guarding Walton at Nitta Yuma, Mississippi, took him from custody, and hanged him and shot his body.
Reported by: news report (historical newspaper account) (reporters).