Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A Black man held in the Frankfort, Kentucky jail was taken from it on or around August 8, 1871, by a group of about two hundred masked men, according to a Louisville dispatch reprinted in the Staunton Spectator. The men crossed the Kentucky River with him and hanged him a short distance from town. He was killed by a mob that took him from the custody of the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Louisville dispatch reports that about two hundred masked men took a Black man from the Frankfort jail and hanged him near the Kentucky River.
Reported by: Louisville dispatch reprinted in the Staunton Spectator (reporters).