Stough

Slough was held in the jail at Richmond, Kentucky, on February 2, 1872. A crowd of masked men went to the jail, overpowered the sheriff and took the keys, according to the Idaho World. They removed him from his cell and hanged him from a tree a short distance from town. A Lexington dispatch printed in the Morning Star spells his name as Stough and says the men dispersed quietly afterward.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch datelined Lexington, Ky. reports that a masked mob overpowered the sheriff at the Richmond, Kentucky jail, took the keys, removed the man from his cell and hanged him from a tree.

Reported by: news dispatch datelined Lexington, Ky. (reporters).

Sources (2)

• The Morning Star, February 3, 1872, page 1 The Morning Star, February 3, 1872
• The Idaho World, February 22, 1872, page 1 The Idaho World, February 22, 1872