Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
Three Black men held in the jail at Morgansfield, Kentucky, were taken from it by a band of masked men on the night of Tuesday, December 1, 1874. According to a special dispatch to the Louisville Courier-Journal, the mob hanged the three men from a tree near the town. One of the men who died was a Black man held in that jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A special dispatch to the Louisville Courier-Journal reports that masked men took three Black men from the Morgansfield jail and hanged them to a tree near the town.
Reported by: Louisville Courier-Journal special dispatch (reporters).