Died in jail or a lockup
Evan E. Shelby
Evan E. Shelby was being held in the jail at Wickliffe, Kentucky, in June 1891. According to newspaper reports, a mob of about one hundred men came to the jail around midnight, took him out, and hanged him. The reports say the jailer resisted and was roughly handled by the mob. Shelby died at the hands of the mob, which the reports describe as a lynching carried out after the jail was broken into.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody