Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Coleman
Charles Coleman, a Black man, was held in the jail at Flemingsburg, Kentucky, when a mob took him from the jail and hanged him, according to a short newspaper item published in September 1887. The item gives no date for the killing and does not say how the mob got in. It also does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted, gave up the keys or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Charles Coleman from the jail at Flemingsburg, Kentucky, and hanged him.
Reported by: news reports.