Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died July 7, 1893 · Carlisle County, Kentucky

A man held in the Bardwell jail in Kentucky was taken from it by a mob on July 7, 1893, and hanged from a tall pole. The Atlanta Constitution reported on July 11, 1893, that he protested his innocence as he was drawn up. The mob's killing of a man in the jail's custody is a death the jail was responsible for protecting against.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

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