Died in jail or a lockup

Harrison Brooks

Pulaski County, Kentucky

Harrison Brooks, who was Black, was held in the jail in Somerset, Kentucky. A mob broke into the jail and took Harrison Brooks from custody. The mob lynched Harrison Brooks, and the killing was reported in the Herald and Tribune in August 1895.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief news note reports that a mob took Harrison Brooks from the Somerset, Kentucky jail and lynched him.

Reported by: brief news note.

Source

Herald And Tribune, August 28, 1895, page 2 Herald And Tribune, August 28, 1895

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