Name not reported

A Black man held in the jail near Fulton Station, Kentucky, was taken from the jail by a mob in August 1871, according to a Louisville dispatch printed in The Athens Post. The dispatch reported that he was shot seven times and left for dead, then found alive and returned to the jail to have his wounds dressed. He was later taken out again and hanged. The dispatch's account of how the jailers responded to the mob is the only account of the jailers' conduct.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Louisville dispatch reported in the paper that a mob took the man from the jail, shot him seven times and then hanged him.

Reported by: Louisville dispatch reported in the paper (reporters).

Source

• The Athens Post, August 24, 1871, page 2 The Athens Post, August 24, 1871