Died in jail or a lockup
Samuel Ramey
Samuel Ramey, also called Sam Ramey, was held at the jail in Owingsville, Kentucky, in September 1881. A report published in the Savannah Morning News under the headline "A Kentucky Lynching" says he was taken from the jail on Sunday night, September 11, and hanged. The South Kentuckian reports that a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. Neither account says how the mob got in or whether the jail's officers resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.