Jim Mitchell

Jim Mitchell, a Black man, was held in the jail at Mount Sterling, Kentucky, in June 1882. Newspaper accounts published days later report that armed men took him from the jail and hanged him on the night of June 14 or 15, 1882, and the papers differ on the date. One paper described the killing as a lynching by a mob. Mitchell was a man who died while in the custody of the jail at Mount Sterling.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Gazette (Mount Sterling, Kentucky) (reporters).

Sources (4)

• Daily Republican, June 16, 1882, page 1 Daily Republican, June 16, 1882
• The Daily Gazette, June 16, 1882, page 1 The Daily Gazette, June 16, 1882
• Watertown Republican, June 21, 1882, page 6 Watertown Republican, June 21, 1882
• Brookings County Sentinel, June 22, 1882, page 1 Brookings County Sentinel, June 22, 1882