Died in jail or a lockup
Richard Henderson
Sixty masked men broke open the jail at Russellville, Kentucky, on Sunday night, July 6, 1884, took Richard Henderson from the jail and lynched him. He was Black and was being held there when the mob came. One account says he had cut the throat of a white boy but did not die from that wound; the accusation is not established by the sources and is left out here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Sixty masked men broke open the Russellville, Kentucky jail, took him out and lynched him, according to wire reports in the Delaware Gazette and State Journal.
Reported by: Delaware Gazette and State Journal (reporting wire news) (reporters).