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 reprinted in the Staunton Spectator reports that a masked group took him from the Frankfort jail and hanged him near town.
Reported by: Louisville dispatch reprinted in the Staunton Spectator (reporters).