Tom
Tom was held in the Logan County jail in Russellville, Kentucky, when a mob of about fifty masked men came for him on August 1, 1908. According to the Associated Press, the men took Tom and three other Black men from the jail and hanged them from a tree on the edge of town. The jailer was forced at gunpoint to hand over the keys, and no shots were fired. No member of the mob was recognized, and the account of who was responsible rests on that report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Associated Press reported that a mob of about fifty masked men took Tom from the Logan County jail in Russellville, Kentucky, and hanged him from a tree on the edge of town after the jailer was forced at gunpoint to hand over the keys.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).