Died in jail or a lockup
Rex Scott
Rex Scott, a 20-year-old Black man, was held in the jail in Hazard, Kentucky, in January 1934. According to an Associated Press report, a masked mob of 150 to 200 men took him from the jail, drove him to a graveyard in Knott County, hanged him from a beech tree and fired more than twenty shots into his body. Perry County officials said they had arrested three men on murder warrants and were investigating the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Perry County officials; Associated Press (reporters).