John Nevil
John Nevil was held in the jail at Edmonton, Kentucky, according to the Glasgow Times, as reprinted in the Chicago Tribune and the New York Herald. On Saturday, September 2, 1871, about thirty men came to the jail, and the Glasgow Times account says the men obtained the keys from the jailer. A mob took John from his cell, put a rope around his neck, and hanged him at another place. The Herald's reprint says townspeople recognized some of the men, and that two were disguised as women.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Nevill from the Edmonton jail, hanged him, and townspeople recognized some of the men, according to the Glasgow Times as reported by the Chicago Tribune and the New York Herald; the jailer reportedly handed over the keys.
Reported by: Glasgow (Ky.) Times, as reported by the Chicago Tribune (reporters); Glasgow (Ky.) Times, as reprinted in the New York Herald (reporters); Western Reserve Chronicle (reporters).