Thomas Coleman

Thomas Coleman was held in the jail at Flemingsburg, Kentucky. In the early morning of September 3, 1887, a mob took him from the jail, according to a Flemingsburg dispatch reprinted in the Herald (Ala.) and quoted by the Cleveland Gazette, which described the authorities' resistance as feeble. The mob hanged him on a railroad trestle near the Baptist church.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Flemingsburg, Kentucky dispatch reprinted in the Herald (Ala.) says a mob took Coleman from the jail after only feeble resistance by the authorities and hanged him on a railroad trestle near the Baptist church.

Reported by: Flemingsburg, Ky. dispatch reprinted in the Herald (Ala.) (reporters); Cleveland Gazette (reporters).

Source

• The Cleveland Gazette, September 17, 1887, page 2 The Cleveland Gazette, September 17, 1887