Died in jail or a lockup
Blackard
Blackard was held in a jail when a mob took them out and hanged them from a tree near town, according to a short item in the Clay City Times dated April 17, 1902. The death is reported as a lynching from custody, carried out by a mob that seized Blackard from the jail. Blackard is the name the paper gives for this person.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Clay City Times (reporters).