Jacob M. McDowell
Jacob M. McDowell was a Black man, described in a 1910 newspaper as hard-working and of mature years. He was held in the jail at Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky, when a mob of white men formed to take him from custody. According to the Richmond Planet, the mob killed him. The paper reported that relatives and other young Black men went to Dixon to try to secure his removal to Henderson or to defend him, and a later official statement said officers who had first done their duty might have prevented the killing. Other details of how the mob reached him are not established in the material provided.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of white men took Jacob M. McDowell from the Jail at Dixon and killed him, and a later official statement says officers who had first done their duty might have prevented the killing.
Reported by: Historical newspaper account (OCR text) (reporters).