Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail in Richmond County, Kentucky, was taken from it in February 1870 by a band of masked, armed men. According to a reprint of a newspaper report, the men hanged him from a tree in the Court House yard. The report is itself unverified, and its details come from that single account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked, armed men took a man from a Richmond County, Kentucky jail and hanged him in the Court House yard, according to a newspaper report signed K. K. K.
Reported by: news reports.