Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name is not given in the Northern Ohio Journal's account, was being taken to jail under guard near Fairview, Kentucky, on May 7, 1880. According to the paper, a mob seized him from his guards, shot him several times and hanged him from a tree. The jail's officers or guards are not described as having resisted or given him up.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Northern Ohio Journal (reporters).