Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three Black people were being held in a jail in a Kentucky town. On the night of Thursday, December 17, 1874, a band of masked men took them from the jail and hanged them from a tree near the town, according to the Sunbury American, which cited unspecified reports. The paper believed the group had ridden in from a nearby town.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Sunbury American newspaper report says masked men took three Black people from a Kentucky jail and hanged them on a tree near the town.
Reported by: Sunbury American (reporters).