Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, was taken from the jail by a mob on Monday, May 6, 1867, and hanged. The Daily Empire reported the killing in a brief account published May 8, 1867. The man is not named in the source, and nothing else about him is recorded.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.