Died in jail or a lockup
Samuel Raincy
Samuel Raincy died on September 11, 1881, when a crowd took him from a Kentucky jail and hanged him, according to a Louisville press dispatch carried by The Weekly Democratic Statesman. The dispatch describes the killing as a lynching from custody, and the jail that held him is not named. Whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the crowd or handed him over is not reported.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Louisville press dispatch reports a crowd took Samuel Raincy from a Kentucky jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Louisville press dispatch (reporters).