Died in jail or a lockup
John Nevill
John Nevill was held in the jail at Edmonton, Metcalfe County, Kentucky, awaiting trial. According to the Glasgow Times, as reported by the Chicago Tribune, about thirty men came to the jail on a Saturday evening, two of them disguised as women, and demanded the keys from the jailer. The group took Nevill from the jail, put a rope around his neck and hanged him at another location. The paper says townspeople recognized some of the men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Glasgow (Ky.) Times, as reported by the Chicago Tribune, says a mob of about thirty men took John Nevill from the jail at Edmonton, Kentucky, and hanged him.
Reported by: Glasgow (Ky.) Times, as reported by the Chicago Tribune (reporters).