Died in jail or a lockup
Cains
Cains, a Black man, was held in the jail at Glasgow, Kentucky, in June 1898. According to a Cincinnati Times-Star dispatch from Glasgow, about fifty men on horseback took him from the jail at about 1 a.m. and hanged him from a tree. A note pinned to the body reportedly asked that it not be disturbed until noon. The dispatch does not say whether jail staff resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Cincinnati Times-Star dispatch from Glasgow, Ky. reports that a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Cincinnati Times-Star special dispatch from Glasgow, Ky. (reporters).