As was typical in such cases, no one was ever convicted of the crime. One man was arrested for Bierfield's murder but was released by the judge after seven witnesses provided an alibi for him." Midnight in Tennessee", Paul Berger, Forward.com, December 12, 2014Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities - Nashville, TennesseeEvents in the month of Av, Orthodox Union The lynching followed months of increasing political violence locally the year before, including the July 1867 attacks on black Union League members in what was called the Franklin Riot. An estimated 25 to 30 blacks were wounded and three died as a result of that incident, together with one white Conservative.
