Died in jail or a lockup
George Carter
George Carter, a Black man, was held in the Paris, Kentucky, county jail in February 1901. In the early morning of February 11, a mob of roughly thirty to fifty men broke into the jail, overpowered the jailer and took the keys, then removed him from his cell. The men hanged him from an iron arch in front of the courthouse, and one account says the jailer had first refused to open the jail. Accounts differ on the number of men involved and on whether a note was left with his body.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Carter from the Paris, Kentucky jail in the early morning of February 11, 1901, and hanged him from an arch in front of the courthouse.
Reported by: news reports.