Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On Monday, May 13, 1867, a man held in the jail at Campbellaville, in Taylor County, Kentucky, was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to the Kentucky Gazette. The Memphis Daily Appeal reported that the mob numbered about thirty men. Neither says whether jail officers resisted the mob, gave up the prisoner, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.