Died in jail or a lockup
Thomas Carrier
Thomas Carrier was held at the Danville jail in Boyle County, Kentucky, when a band of Regulators took him from the jail and hanged him. The Tri-Weekly Standard, reporting in October 1867, said the killing happened in sight of his agonized family. The paper presented it as one of a series of mob acts in Boyle County.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Tri-Weekly Standard reported that a band of Regulators took Thomas Carrier from the Danville jail and hanged him.
Reported by: The Tri-Weekly Standard (reporters).