Huston

A Black man was held in the Frankfort jail in Kentucky in August 1894. According to the Osceola Times and the Greenville Times, the jailer refused to give up the keys, so a mob battered down the doors to his cell and took him out. The Hartford Herald reported that the men hanged him from a bridge over the Kentucky River that night. The Greenville Times said his body was then shot many times.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Greenville Times reports that a mob battered down the cell doors after the jailer refused to hand over the keys, then hanged the man from a bridge over the Kentucky River and shot his body.

Reported by: The Greenville Times (reporters).

News reports (3)

• The Hartford Herald, August 22, 1894, page 2 The Hartford Herald, August 22, 1894
• The Greenville Times, August 25, 1894, page 2 The Greenville Times, August 25, 1894
• The Osceola Times, August 25, 1894, page 2 The Osceola Times, August 25, 1894