Died in jail or a lockup
S. Thompson
S. Thompson was held in the Greensburg jail in Kentucky. According to the Cleveland Morning Leader, on November 10, 1858, a mob of about 200 men came from Campbellsville to Greensburg, broke open the jail, and took him to Campbellsville, where they hanged him from a tree. The paper reports that he protested his innocence while he was hanged.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched