Joe Humps
Joe Humps, a Black man, was held in the Hickman jail in Kentucky when a mob came for him around 1 a.m. on August 30, 1904. According to jailer Noonan, five revolvers were pointed at him, his keys were taken, and he was forced to show the mob his cell. The mob took him from the jail and he drowned in the river. The newspaper spelled his name in several ways, so the spelling of his name is uncertain.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Jailer Noonan says a mob pointed five revolvers at him, took his keys and forced him to show them the cell, and the man was then drowned in the river.
Reported by: Hickman jail jailer Noonan (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.