Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Several men held in the Union County jail at Morganfield, Kentucky, were taken from the jail in 1874 by about twenty-three masked men who came at two in the morning and demanded the prisoners. The sheriff was overpowered and submitted, and the men were taken about three miles away. According to the coroner, they were hanged from a tree. The remains were cut down the next day, an inquest was held, and the bodies were taken to Morganfield for burial.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took several prisoners from the Union County jail in Morganfield, Kentucky, overpowering the sheriff, and hanged them from a tree about three miles away.
Reported by: coroner.