Died in jail or a lockup
Jack Turner
Jack Turner was held in the jail at Greensburg, Kentucky. Early on December 9, 1889, a group of men, reported at about twenty-five to forty, came to the jail and demanded that he be handed over. The jailer first refused, but the men forced the door with a heavy timber, took Turner from his cell, and hanged him from the Pitman Creek bridge about four miles from town. A coroner's jury examined the death the same day and recorded that he was hanged by a mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Greensburg, Kentucky jail, took Jack Turner from his cell and hanged him at Pitman Creek bridge, according to a coroner's jury inquest.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).