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