Died in jail or a lockup
George Hunter
George Hunter was held in the jail at Campbellsville, Kentucky, when he died in November 1858. According to a letter from a Louisville Journal correspondent, reprinted in The Texas Republican, a crowd took him from the jail along with two other men, bound them, mounted them on horses and hanged them from an elm tree. The letter says appeals from the sheriff and local citizens did not stop the crowd.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Louisville Journal correspondent's letter says a crowd took George Hunter from the jail and hanged him from an elm tree, and that appeals by the sheriff and local citizens did not stop the crowd.
Reported by: Louisville Journal correspondent's letter (reporters).