Died in jail or a lockup
John Howerton
John Howerton, called Jonathan Howerton in one account, which gives his age as 35, was held in the Crittenden County jail in Marion, Kentucky. On the night of May 15, 1895, a mob of 30 or 40 men took him from the jail and hanged him from a beam in a slaughter-house, and his body was found the next morning. One account says he died of strangulation. Accounts differ on the exact date, with one giving May 16.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Cincinnati Post dispatch from Marion, Ky. (reporters).