Died in jail or a lockup
Capt. Blair
A mob took Capt. Blair from a jail in Kentucky on the morning of January 2, 1895, and lynched him, according to a Stark County Democrat report of a Kentucky dispatch. The paper says the sheriff offered only slight resistance before the men took him. The archived text of the report is hard to read in places, so the exact wording of that account is uncertain.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Stark County Democrat, reporting a Kentucky dispatch, says a mob took Capt. Blair from a jail and lynched him, with the sheriff offering only slight resistance.
Reported by: Stark County Democrat (reporters).