Brick Finley
Brick Finley, a Black man about 35 years old, was held in the county jail in Paducah, Kentucky, when a crowd gathered there on October 16, 1916. According to the Evening Star, the crowd battered down the jail door, and when no keys could be found, workers cut open his steel cell. The mob took him from the building, hanged him from a tree, fired shots into his body, and burned it. Officers appealed to the crowd to disperse, but police reserves were pushed aside.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of several hundred to several thousand people broke into the Paducah county jail, cut open Brick Finley's steel cell after failing to find keys, and hanged him; officers appealed to the crowd and were pushed aside.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters); Mt. Sterling Advocate (reporters).
Sources (17)
- The Daily Commonwealth, October 16, 1916, page 1
- The Seward Gateway, October 16, 1916, page 1
- Nogales Daily Herald, October 16, 1916, page 1
- Evening Star, October 16, 1916, page 2
- Evening Times-Republican, October 16, 1916, page 1
- Carson City Daily Appeal, October 16, 1916, page 1
- The Mt. Sterling Advocate, October 17, 1916, page 5
- The Alaska Daily Empire, October 17, 1916, page 2
- Keowee Courier, October 18, 1916, page 1
- The Hartford Herald, October 18, 1916, page 1
- The Public Ledger, October 18, 1916, page 3
- Weekly Journal-Miner, October 18, 1916, page 1
- The Hickman Courier, October 19, 1916, page 6
- The Carlsbad Current, October 20, 1916, page 12
- Norwich Bulletin, October 23, 1916, page 4
- The Montgomery Advertiser, October 24, 1916, page 9
- Valdez Daily Prospector, October 24, 1916, page 1