Tom Brown
Tom Brown, a Black man, was held in the Nicholasville jail in Jessamine County, Kentucky. On February 6, 1902, a mob gathered at the jail and demanded him. According to the Courier-Journal, officers protested, but the crowd surged forward and the officers gave up the prisoner. The Savannah Morning News reported that officers took him out of the jail, and that the mob seized him on the way back and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard. The coroner was reportedly instructed to return a verdict of death at the hands of unknown men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob seized Tom Brown from officers in the Nicholasville courthouse yard and hanged him, according to newspaper accounts; officers protested before giving up the prisoner.
Reported by: Nicholasville, Kentucky newspaper dispatch (reporters); the coroner.