Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man whose surname cannot be read on the damaged scanned page was taken from a Kentucky jail at about 3 a.m. on July 17, 1891, and lynched by a posse of armed citizens. The Alexandria Gazette's brief account does not say whether jail staff resisted the posse or handed him over. No members of the posse are named in the report, and the man's family and life cannot be identified from it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.