Charley Hill
Charley Hill was held in the Paducah jail in Kentucky on the night of June 9, 1892, when a mob formed in the city. The Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle reported that around 11 o'clock the mob went to the jail and demanded the keys, and that the jailer surrendered them. The paper said the mob went to his cell and took him out, then hanged him from a tree about one hundred feet from the jail while a large crowd watched. The account is the newspaper's; it is the only source given for these details.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle reported that a mob took Charley Hill from the Paducah jail after the jailer surrendered the keys and hanged him from a tree nearby.
Reported by: Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle (reporters).