Died in jail or a lockup
George Tutt
George Tutt, a Black man, was held in the jail at Trenton in Todd County, Kentucky, when a group of masked men took him from the jail in April 1908, according to a news report from a Hopkinsville correspondent. The report says he was believed to have been lynched. The sheriff's and jailer's response to the mob is not described in the account, so whether they resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over remains unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news report (Hopkinsville correspondent) (reporters).