Died in jail or a lockup
Sam Feed
Sam Feed was one of three Black men held in the jail at Wickliffe, Kentucky, in September 1901. On the night of September 11, a mob broke into the jail, took him from his cell and hanged him from a crossbeam in a mill. A news dispatch from Cairo, Illinois, printed in the New Iberia Enterprise three days later is the account of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch from Cairo, Illinois reported that a mob broke into the Wickliffe jail and hanged Sam Feed from a crossbeam in a mill.
Reported by: news dispatch from Cairo, Ill. (reporters).