Died in jail or a lockup
Caleb Gains
Caleb Gains, a Black man, was held in the jail at Glasgow, Kentucky, in June 1898. According to a Times Star special correspondence from Glasgow, reported in Cincinnati, about fifty men on horseback came to the jail around 1 a.m., took him out, and hanged him from a tree. A note pinned to the body asked that it not be disturbed until noon.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Times Star correspondence from Glasgow, Kentucky, reported that a mob of about fifty men on horseback took Caleb Gains from the jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Times Star special correspondence from Glasgow, Ky., reported in Cincinnati (reporters).