Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Frank Kinley

died October 17, 1916 · McCracken County, Kentucky

Frank Kinley, a Black man, was held in a jail in Paducah, Kentucky, when a mob of about 1,000 men took him from it and hanged him, according to a report datelined October 17, 1916. The account says the bodies were burned afterward.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: The Citizen (reporters).

News report