Died in jail or a lockup
Oscar Morton
Oscar Morton was held in the Beattyville jail in Lee County, Kentucky, on the afternoon of October 13, 1894. According to the Crittenden Press, about 2 a.m. on October 14, a mob of roughly one hundred men woke the jailer, demanded the prisoner, took him from the jail, and hanged him from a bridge near the town. His father heard of the arrest, hurried to Beattyville, and camped in the forest within two hundred yards of where his son was hanged, not learning his fate until the next morning.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.