Died in jail or a lockup

Levi Pyle

died May 1877 · Kentucky

Levi Pyle, a Black man, was held in a jail near Blandsville, Kentucky, in May 1877. According to a brief report in the Jasper Weekly Courier, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him on the night of late May.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Levi Pyle from the jail in the Blandsville, Kentucky area and hanged him in May 1877.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Jasper Weekly Courier, June 1, 1877, page 2 The Jasper Weekly Courier, June 1, 1877

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