Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On December 8, 1874, three men held in the jail at Morganfield, Kentucky, were taken from it by a band of masked men. A special dispatch to the Courier-Journal, reprinted in The Home Journal, reported that the mob hanged the three men to trees near the town.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Courier-Journal reported that a band of masked men took three men from a jail and hanged them to trees near town.
Reported by: Courier-Journal (special dispatch) (reporters).