Died in jail or a lockup

George Maugrum

died July 8, 1876 · New Richmond

George Maugrum, a man from Campbell County, Kentucky, was held in the jail at New Richmond, a village above Cincinnati. On Saturday, July 8, 1876, a crowd of excited citizens, nearly the whole village among them, took him from the jail and lynched him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1876 newspaper account says a crowd of excited citizens took Maugrum from the New Richmond jail on a Saturday and lynched him.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Gallipolis Journal, July 13, 1876, page 2 Gallipolis Journal, July 13, 1876

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