Boston

Boston, a Black man, was held in the Frankfort, Kentucky, jail in August 1894. According to an Associated Press report in The Evening World, a mob broke through several doors to reach his cell after the jailer refused to give up the keys, then took him out and hanged him from the high beam of the Iron bridge over the Kentucky River. The report says his body was riddled with bullets afterward. Reports give the date of his death as August 10, 12, or 14, 1894.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Boston from the Frankfort jail, hanged him from a bridge over the Kentucky River and riddled his body with bullets, according to the Associated Press and other newspaper accounts.

Reported by: Associated Press (reporters); The Greenville Times (reporters); Daily Public Ledger (reporters).

Sources (12)

• Daily Public Ledger, August 15, 1894, page 2 Daily Public Ledger, August 15, 1894
• The Evening World, August 15, 1894, page 4 The Evening World, August 15, 1894
• The Evening World, August 15, 1894, page 2 The Evening World, August 15, 1894
• Gloucester County Democrat, August 16, 1894, page 2 Gloucester County Democrat, August 16, 1894
• The Big Sandy News, August 17, 1894, page 3 The Big Sandy News, August 17, 1894
• Hopkinsville Kentuckian, August 17, 1894, page 2 Hopkinsville Kentuckian, August 17, 1894
• The Hartford Herald, August 22, 1894, page 2 The Hartford Herald, August 22, 1894
• The Coconino Weekly Sun, August 23, 1894, page 4 The Coconino Weekly Sun, August 23, 1894
• Barton County Democrat, August 23, 1894, page 2 Barton County Democrat, August 23, 1894
• The Clarksburg Telegram, August 24, 1894, page 9 The Clarksburg Telegram, August 24, 1894
• The Greenville Times, August 25, 1894, page 2 The Greenville Times, August 25, 1894
• The Osceola Times, August 25, 1894, page 2 The Osceola Times, August 25, 1894