Name not reported

In September 1901, a mob took three Black men from the Cairo, Illinois jail at night and hanged them in Wickliffe, Kentucky, according to a newspaper dispatch. The dispatch does not give the names of the three men. It also does not say whether jail officials resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the men over.

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.

Source

• The Seattle Star, September 12, 1901, page 1 The Seattle Star, September 12, 1901