Died in jail or a lockup
Robert Goodrich
Robert Goodrich was one of four men taken from the jail at Newcastle, Kentucky, by a mob and hanged, according to a Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Staunton Spectator on September 11, 1877. The dispatch dates the killing to September 3, 1877. He was held at the Newcastle jail when the mob took him from it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Staunton Spectator says a mob took him from the Newcastle, Kentucky, jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Staunton Spectator (reporters).