Died in jail or a lockup
Geo. Gibson
Geo. Gibson was held in the jail at Owenstown, Kentucky. According to a telegram item printed in the San Antonio Daily Light on January 29, 1892, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The report describes his death as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A one-line telegram item on a historical newspaper page says a mob took Geo. Gibson from the jail at Owenstown, Kentucky, and lynched him.
Reported by: news reports.