Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Lebanon, Kentucky, jail died on May 31, 1892, when a group of men from Adair County took him from the jail and lynched him, according to a June 1 dispatch from Campbellsville printed in The Stark County Democrat. His name is not given in the account. The dispatch does not say whether jail staff resisted the group, gave up the keys or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: June 1 dispatch from Campbellsville (reporters).