Lewis Frank
Lewis Frank, a Black man about twenty years old according to a Frankfort dispatch, was held in the county jail at Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky, in September 1874. Cincinnati dispatches reprinted in the Worcester Daily Press and the Lyon County Times report that a mob took him from the jail and hanged him. A Frankfort dispatch reprinted in the American Citizen places his death on Saturday, September 5, 1874. The same account says Governor Leslie wrote to the Jessamine County judge and county attorney directing them to pursue those responsible and bring them to punishment.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Frankfort dispatch reported that a mob took Lewis Franklin from the Nicholasville jail and hanged him, and Governor Leslie directed Jessamine County officials to pursue those responsible.
Reported by: Frankfort, Ky. dispatch reprinted in the American Citizen (reporters); Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Worcester Daily Press (reporters); Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Lyon County Times (reporters).