Died in jail or a lockup
Clem Crowdus
Clem Crowdus was held in the Lebanon county jail in Kentucky in November 1866, along with two other men. On a Saturday night that month, an armed mob surrounded the jail and broke in. The jailer gave up the keys, and the mob marched the men out of the dungeon. According to a Louisville Journal correspondent, the mob then took the men toward Grimes's Hill, where they were hanged.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An armed mob broke into the Lebanon county jail, forced the jailer to surrender the keys, and took Clem Crowdus out to be hanged, according to a Louisville Journal correspondent.
Reported by: Louisville Journal correspondent (reporters).