Died in jail or a lockup
Sam Lynch
Sam Lynch, a Black man, was held in the jail in Paducah, Kentucky. On the morning of June 24, 1897, a mob took him from that jail and killed him by lynching. His death was a lynching from custody, carried out after the mob had reached him inside the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Sam Lynch from the Paducah, Kentucky jail on June 24, 1897, and lynched Sam Lynch, according to a short 1897 newspaper report.
Reported by: 1897 newspaper report from Paducah, Kentucky (reporters).