Johs H. Skinner

Johs H. Skinner was being held in the jail at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. On March 14, 1888, an armed mob took him from the jail, carried him to a wild cherry tree and hanged him. The sources describe the mob as armed and the killing as a lynching from custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An armed mob took Skinner from the Hopkinsville, Kentucky jail and hanged him from a wild cherry tree.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• Iron County Register, March 22, 1888, page 2 Iron County Register, March 22, 1888