Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
Three Black people held in the jail at Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky, were taken from the jail by a band of masked men on the night of December 1, 1874, according to a special dispatch to the Louisville Courier-Journal. The mob hanged them to a tree near the town. Their names are not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Louisville Courier-Journal special despatch reports that a band of masked men took three people from the Morganfield jail and hanged them to a tree near the town.
Reported by: Louisville Courier-Journal special despatch (reporters).