Henry Stewart

Henry Stewart, a Black man, was held in a jail in Fulton, Kentucky, in June 1899. According to a dispatch from the New York World reprinted in The Age-Herald, a mob of white and Black people took him from the jail and hanged him. A wire dispatch placed the killing at noon on Monday, June 26, while The Age-Herald dated his death June 27. A later Alexandria Gazette report said he had been brought back to Fulton and hanged from a tree in the courthouse yard.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: New York World, as reprinted in The Age-Herald (reporters); short wire dispatch.

News reports (3)

• Alexandria Gazette, June 28, 1899, page 3 Alexandria Gazette, June 28, 1899
• Alexandria Gazette, August 22, 1899, page 2 Alexandria Gazette, August 22, 1899
• The Age-Herald, September 28, 1899, page 4 The Age-Herald, September 28, 1899