Died in custody
Richard Speakman
Richard Speakman was being taken to Glasgow for safekeeping when a mob took him from the men guarding him in Monroe County. According to The South Kentuckian, which reported the killing in its August 8, 1882 issue, the mob hanged him from a tree and shot him. The report names no one from the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched