Levi Crowders
Levi Crowders was one of three men held in the jail at Lebanon, Kentucky. On Saturday night, November 24, 1866, a mob of about 200 men from an adjoining county took him from the jail and hanged him, according to a Cincinnati telegraph dispatch reprinted in the Worcester Daily Spy. That dispatch says the authorities offered no resistance, although 30 soldiers were in line while it happened.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Worcester Daily Spy says a mob of about 200 men from an adjoining county took Levi Crowders from the Lebanon, Kentucky jail and hanged him, and that the authorities offered no resistance although 30 soldiers were in line.
Reported by: Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Worcester Daily Spy (reporters).