Died in jail or a lockup
Ben French
Ben French was held in the county jail at Warsaw, Kentucky, in May 1876. According to newspaper accounts, a mob of masked men took him from the jail and hanged him from a limb of a tree about two miles from town, late on the night of Wednesday, May 10, 1876. One report says his wife was taken with him and hanged, while the other does not mention her.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Warsaw, Kentucky county jail mob account in the newspaper report (reporters).