Will Clifford
Will Clifford was held in the Tiptonville jail in Tennessee in August 1907. When a mob stormed the jail, the sheriff told them he had been taken to Dyersburg, and a constable hid Clifford in a barn. Newspaper dispatches say the constable later set out with him toward Maple, when about one hundred mounted men overtook them, overpowered the constable and took Clifford. The dispatches report that the mob hanged him within a mile of Clifton, and they differ on the date of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob stormed the Tiptonville jail, the constable hid Clifford in a barn and later took him toward Maple, where about one hundred mounted men overpowered the constable and hanged him near Clifton.
Reported by: newspaper dispatch.