Died in jail or a lockup
Robert Haggard
Robert Haggard, a Black man, was held in the Winchester, Kentucky jail. On the night of July 22, 1895, a mob took him from the jail shortly before midnight and hanged him. The sheriff had summoned a company of State guard, which waited at the courthouse and did not intervene. The mob was reported to have been led by a man in disguise.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Winchester, Kentucky jail accounts (newspaper report) (reporters).