Jasper Rouser

Jasper Rouser was held in the Lincoln County jail in Stanford, Kentucky, in July 1859. According to a report the New-York Daily Tribune received through an Adams Express Company agent, a crowd broke open the jail, took him, and killed him after a brief delay. The account gives no details of how the crowd gained entry or what the jailer did. It does not say how he was killed.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Adams Express Company agent reported to the Tribune that a crowd broke open the Lincoln County jail in Stanford, Kentucky, and killed him.

Reported by: Adams Express Company agent, as reported by the Tribune (reporters).

Source

• New-York Daily Tribune, July 14, 1859, page 6 New-York Daily Tribune, July 14, 1859