Died in jail or a lockup
Noah Anderson
Noah Anderson was held in the New Richmond jail in Claremont County, Kentucky, in August 1895. Early on the morning of August 21, a crowd gathered in New Richmond after shouts calling for him to be hanged. According to the Birmingham Age-Herald, as officers were moving him to the county jail at Batavia, a mob waited, took him from the officers, dragged him a short distance and hanged him from a tree. The paper reports that the officers resisted but were overpowered.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Noah Anderson from officers who were moving him from the New Richmond jail and hanged him from a tree, according to the newspaper account.
Reported by: news reports.