Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the Hickman County, Kentucky, jail in August 1871, and the accounts do not record his name. In the night, men took him from the jail and shot him, and the papers report that he was left for dead. He was found alive the next morning and returned to the jail for treatment of his wounds. Later, a group of citizens took him from the jail and hanged him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Hickman County, Kentucky jail accounts (1871 newspaper report) (reporters).