Died in jail or a lockup
James Goodrich
James Goodrich was held at the jail at Newcastle, Kentucky, when a mob took him from the jail on September 3, 1877. According to a Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Staunton Spectator, the mob hanged him. The same dispatch reports that three other men were taken from that jail and hanged in the same way.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Staunton Spectator says a mob took James Goodrich from the jail at Newcastle, Kentucky, and hanged him.
Reported by: Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Staunton Spectator (reporters).