Died in jail or a lockup
Arch Jamison
Arch Jamison was held in the Springfield jail in Springfield, Kentucky, in September 1880. According to a Springfield newspaper dispatch carried by The Daily Gazette, a mob of about one hundred men took Arch from the jail and hanged them. The death is recorded as a homicide by the mob, on or about September 15, 1880. Arch was Black.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper dispatch from Springfield, Ky. reports that a mob of about one hundred men took Arch Jamison from the Springfield jail and hanged him.
Reported by: newspaper dispatch from Springfield, Ky. (reporters).