Died in jail or a lockup
Robert James
Robert James was held at the jail at Newcastle, Kentucky, when a mob took him from it in early September 1877 and hanged him. He was one of three men the mob took from the jail and killed that night. A brief report in The Daily Dispatch is the only account of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.