Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held at the Hickman jail in Hickman, Kentucky, was taken from the jail by a mob, killed, and thrown into the river, according to a headline in the Columbia Herald published September 2, 1904. The person's name is not known from this account, and neither is the date of death. Whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the person over is not stated.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Columbia Herald (reporters).