Wesley Richardson
Wesley Richardson was one of three men held in the Vernon jail in Vernon, Alabama, on September 12, 1880. According to the Sedalia Weekly Bazoo, a group of armed men demanded the jail keys from Sheriff Lucy, who refused, and the group placed a guard at his door before breaking open the jail door. Shots were heard, and Richardson was found dead in the cage with the other two men. A coroner's jury under Coroner W. T. Marler found that gunshot wounds caused the deaths, and no one was identified as responsible.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Coroner W. T. Marler's jury found that gunshot wounds caused his death after armed men broke into the Vernon jail.
Reported by: Coroner W. T. Marler's jury (medical examiner or coroner).