Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held at a Kentucky jail was the third of four men a mob of white men took from the jail in August 1908. According to the account, the mob threatened to batter down the doors, and the jailer handed the prisoners over. The mob hanged him from a tree on the Nashville pike, and his body was found at dawn.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper account.