Died in jail or a lockup
Evans E. Shelly
Evans E. Shelly was held in the jail at Wickliffe, Ky. According to a Louisville dispatch printed in The News and Observer on June 9, 1891, a mob of about one hundred men took him from the jail and hanged him. The jailer resisted the mob and was roughly handled.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about one hundred men took Shelly from the Wickliffe, Ky., jail and hanged him, according to a Louisville dispatch.
Reported by: Louisville dispatch (newspaper report) (reporters).