Died in jail or a lockup
Baldwin
Baldwin, a Black man, was held in the jail at Paducah, Kentucky. Before daylight on August 17, 1869, about eighty armed men took him from the jail, carried him to a crossroads on the edge of town, and hanged him from a tree. They pinned a placard to his chest warning people not to cut down or move his body.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch from Cairo, Ill., to the Memphis Appeal says about eighty armed men took Baldwin from the Paducah jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Special dispatch from Cairo, Ill., to the Memphis Appeal (reporters).