Died in jail or a lockup
Thomas Carrier
Thomas Carrier was taken from the jail in Danville, Kentucky, in April 1867 by a band of men calling themselves Regulators, who hanged him in sight of his family. The Tri-Weekly Standard, reporting on the Regulators' acts in August 1867, says the killing happened the same night the Regulators fired on a Black man. The Weekly North-Carolina Standard describes the hanging in sight of his agonized family. Neither account says whether jail staff resisted the mob or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A band of Regulators took Thomas Carrier from the Danville, Kentucky jail and hanged him in sight of his family, according to a Tri-Weekly Standard account.
Reported by: The Tri-Weekly Standard (reporters).