Died in jail or a lockup
Frank Dudley
Frank Dudley, a Black man, worked as a farm hand at the Scott County home of J. Frank Hughes, where his wife was a cook. On Friday, August 28, 1891, a mob took him from a jail and hanged him, according to August 1891 newspaper accounts. One paper said county officers made no effort to protect him and offered no real resistance, and it suggested they may have connived at the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Frank Dudley from jail and hanged him, and the newspaper says county officers made no effort to protect him and may have connived at the killing.
Reported by: news reports.