Died in jail or a lockup
J L Byrum
J L Byrum was held in the jail at Richmond, Kentucky, when, according to The Kentucky Gazette, a band of men took him from the jail on a Friday night in February 1870. The group hanged him from a tree, the same place where a man named Searcy had been hanged a few months earlier. The paper reports that he had been placed in the jail for safe-keeping before the band came for him. The paper does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Kentucky Gazette reports a band took him from the Richmond jail, where he had been placed for safe-keeping, and hanged him.
Reported by: The Kentucky Gazette (reporters).