Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Owensboro, Kentucky, was taken from custody by a mob and lynched, according to a brief item in the San Antonio Daily Light published December 20, 1889. The item does not give his name. It also does not describe how the mob reached the jail. The item says the killing drew general approval, and this record does not share that view.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.