Buck Willis

Buck Willis, a Black man, was brought to the jail in Lebanon, Kentucky, from Adair County and held there for safekeeping. According to a dispatch in the Cincinnati paper, citing a Campbellsville, Kentucky report, a mob took him from the Lebanon jail and hanged him after daylight overtook them on their way to the place where the alleged offense occurred.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Cincinnati dispatch citing a Campbellsville, Ky. report says a mob took Buck Willis from the Lebanon jail and hanged him.

Reported by: Cincinnati dispatch citing a Campbellsville, Ky. report (reporters).

Source

• The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo, June 7, 1892, page 2 The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo, June 7, 1892