Died in jail or a lockup
Sam Goodrich
Sam Goodrich was one of four men held at the jail at Newcastle, Kentucky, when a mob took them from the jail and hanged them. A Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Staunton Spectator on September 11, 1877 dated the killings to September 3, 1877. The dispatch reported that the mob hanged all four men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Staunton Spectator (reporters).