Died in jail or a lockup
Henry Buney
Henry Buney, a Black man, was held in a jail in Kentucky when a mob took him from custody and killed him on January 13, 1888. A brief wire report of his killing appeared in the Iowa Plain Dealer on January 19, 1888. His death was a lynching carried out by a mob that seized him from the jail where the state had held him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.