Campbell

Campbell, a Black man, and his brother were held in the Munfordsville jail in Hart County, Kentucky, in December 1880. A Horse Cave correspondent reported in papers published on December 25, 1880, that about a hundred men took the two men from the jail around midnight and hanged them from a tree. The deaths were reported as the work of a mob that took them from the jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Horse Cave correspondent reports that about 100 men took Campbell and his brother from the Munfordsville jail around midnight and hanged them from a tree.

Reported by: Horse Cave correspondent (reporters).

News reports (2)

• Memphis Daily Appeal, December 25, 1880, page 1 Memphis Daily Appeal, December 25, 1880
• The Daily Dispatch, December 25, 1880, page 3 The Daily Dispatch, December 25, 1880