Benton County Tennessee News Stories Hartley Murders Tennessee Mob Kills Two Today Ed Hartley and son George, recently convicted of manslaughter in connection with the killing of Connie Hartley, nephew of Ed Hartley, in Benton County last February, were taken from the jail by a mob at Camden early today and shot to death in a vacant lot 200 yards from the jail. The mob numbered fifty. They appeared at the jail with blackened faces, overpowered Sheriff Flowers, seized the Hartleys, marched them a short distance away and riddled them with bullets. The Hartleys were awaiting the outcome of a motion for a new trial of their cases. Middlesboro Daily News 20 October 1922