Bill Ellis

Bill Ellis, a Black man, was in the custody of a constable in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in October 1895. According to the Wheeling Register, a mob seized him and hanged him from a telegraph pole near the Louisville and Nashville railroad line. The paper reports that the mob shot him, cut him down, and hanged him again before he died. A placard was left on his body.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob seized Bill Ellis from the constable's custody and hanged him from a telegraph pole, according to a newspaper account.

Reported by: newspaper account.

Source

• Wheeling Register, October 17, 1895, page 3 Wheeling Register, October 17, 1895