Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Four Black men held at a county jail near Russellville, Kentucky, were taken out by a mob and hanged, according to a dispatch reprinted in the Tacoma Ledger. An editorial quoted in that report said no trial had been held for them. It also said the report that prompted the mob may have been baseless.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch reprinted by the Tacoma Ledger, quoted in an editorial, says a mob took four Black men from a county jail near Russellville, Kentucky, and hanged them.
Reported by: Tacoma Ledger (reprinted dispatch) (reporters).