Died in jail or a lockup
Clark
Clark was being held in the jail at Sacramento, Kentucky, according to a brief telegram from Cincinnati printed in the Wilmington Daily Commercial in February 1872. The telegram reports that a group of masked men took Clark from the jail and hanged them. The date is given only as February 1872, and the account describes the death as a lynching carried out by the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief Cincinnati telegram reported that a body of masked men took Clark from the Sacramento, Kentucky, jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Cincinnati telegram reprinted in the newspaper (reporters).