Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man whose name is not recorded was held at the jail at Winchester, Kentucky, according to a July 1895 newspaper report. The Cape Girardeau Democrat said a mob of about 200 men took him from the jail and lynched him. The report describes him only as a mulatto, and the paper's account of him is not repeated here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The news report says a mob of about 200 men took him from the Winchester, Kentucky jail and lynched him.
Reported by: The Cape Girardeau Democrat (reporters).