Died in jail or a lockup
Peter Goqe
Peter Goqe was held in the jail at Lebanon, Kentucky, according to a telegraph dispatch from Cincinnati printed in the Worcester Daily Spy. On Saturday night, November 24, 1866, a mob of about 200 men from an adjoining county took him from the jail and hanged him. The 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 took Peter Goqe from the Lebanon, Kentucky jail and hanged him, and that the authorities offered no resistance.
Reported by: Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Worcester Daily Spy (reporters).