"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."
–Ida B. Wells
Location approximate: Hickory Wythe.
Nashville union and dispatch. (Nashville, Tenn.), 26 Nov. 1867. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038521/1867-11-26/ed-1/seq-2/>
Public ledger. (Memphis, Tenn.), 12 Nov. 1867. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033673/1867-11-12/ed-1/seq-3/>
The daring highwayman who has been operating near Hickory Wythe depot for some time past, and who robbed Mr. Greenleaf was captured on Sunday last in that
vicinity and hung to a tree by some persons unknown.
Memphis daily appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.), 20 Nov. 1867. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045160/1867-11-20/ed-1/seq-3/>
"Esquire Brewer held an inquest on the highwayman hanged by Lynch law near Wythe depot a day or two since..."
Public ledger. (Memphis, Tenn.), 20 Nov. 1867. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033673/1867-11-20/ed-1/seq-3/>
"...No further explanation was required. Judge Lynch had been at work; and the highwayman, whose daring exploits had been narrated with bated breath at a thousand firesides, was
a rigid corse. A swift witness had risen against him, and the executioner stalked behind until the fatal moment arrived. Who sent the desperado into the Shadows ? Nobody knows ; nobody cares, now that he has gone from them forever."
Public ledger. (Memphis, Tenn.), 14 Nov. 1867. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033673/1867-11-14/ed-1/seq-3/>
Memphis daily appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.), 13 Nov. 1867. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045160/1867-11-13/ed-1/seq-3/>
