Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Dowingville, Kentucky, was taken out by masked lynchers and hanged, according to a brief state-news item in the Juniata Sentinel and Republican in September 1881. The jail held him and the mob killed him, but the item does not name him. Whether the jailer resisted, gave up the keys or handed him over is not stated.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: state news item.