Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three men held in the Cairo, Illinois, jail were taken out of the jail at night by a mob. The mob hanged them in Wickliffe, Kentucky, in September 1901. One of the men was Black.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper dispatch reports that a mob took three men from the Cairo, Illinois jail and hanged them in Wickliffe, Kentucky.
Reported by: newspaper dispatch.