Died in jail or a lockup
Fountain Martin
Fountain Martin was held in a jail when a mob took him out and hanged him near Steubenville, Ky., according to the Perrysburg Journal of February 22, 1896. The mob took him from the jail and killed him, and the paper's account does not say how they got past the jailers. Whether the jailers or sheriff resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over is not stated in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched