Ben Johnson

According to a report reprinted by The Freeman from the Cincinnati Enquirer, Ben Johnson was wounded in a struggle with a man named Meade in Paris, Kentucky, and was taken to the local jail. That night a mob attacked the jail, and the jailer fired, killing another man. The report says Ben Johnson died at 10 o'clock of the wounds he had received in that struggle.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Freeman, reprinting the Cincinnati Enquirer, says Johnson died of wounds he received in a struggle with Meade, before he was taken to the jail.

Reported by: The Freeman, reprinting the Cincinnati Enquirer (reporters).

Source

• The Freeman, September 5, 1914, page 1 The Freeman, September 5, 1914