Died in jail or a lockup
John W. Kendall
John W. Kendall was held in the jail at Martinsburg, Elliott County, Kentucky. A Cincinnati dispatch citing a special report from Grayson, Kentucky, says about two hundred men rode into town on Monday night, surrounded the jail and overpowered the jailer. According to that report, the men took Mr. Kendall and another prisoner to a nearby tree and hanged him until he was dead.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Cincinnati dispatch citing a special from Grayson, Ky., says a mob of about two hundred men overpowered the jailer at Martinsburg and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Cincinnati dispatch citing a special from Grayson, Ky. (reporters).