Died in custody
Calhoun
Calhoun was a Black man held by officers on the border of Fayette and Jessamine counties in Kentucky, about eleven miles from Lexington, along with another Black man. According to the Memphis Daily Appeal, a group in disguise took the two men from the officers and hanged Calhoun on the roadside around midnight on January 16, 1878. The newspaper reported that the sheriff pursued the group responsible.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched