Died in jail or a lockup
Dudly White
Dudly White, a Black man, was taken from a jail by a crowd and hanged, according to a brief dispatch datelined Louisville and published on January 22, 1874. The death is dated only to January 1874 in the record. The account names no facility, city or county.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief 1874 dispatch from Louisville reports that a crowd took Dudly White from a jail and hanged him.
Reported by: news reports.