Joe Goodrich

Joe Goodrich was held in the Henry County jail in New Castle, Kentucky, in 1878 when a mob took him from the jail and hanged him. A dispatch from La Grange, Ky., printed in The Republican in 1880 says the men with him had been held in that same jail when the mob seized them. The dispatch's writer later reported that the man the mob believed had been killed was alive, and called the hanging unjust.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The writer of a dispatch from La Grange, Kentucky, published in The Republican, says a mob took Joe Goodrich from the Henry County jail in New Castle and hanged him.

Reported by: Writer of a dispatch from La Grange, Ky., published in The Republican (reporters).

Source

• The Republican, January 31, 1880, page 6 The Republican, January 31, 1880