Died in jail or a lockup
Tom Blair
Tom Blair was held in the jail at Mt Sterling when a mob took him out and killed him, several years before a September 1899 dispatch from Mt Sterling. A Cincinnati newspaper reprinted that dispatch, which linked recent fires in the town to revenge for his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Cincinnati newspaper dispatch says Tom Blair was taken from the Mt Sterling jail and lynched several years earlier.
Reported by: a Cincinnati newspaper dispatch (reporters).