Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held at the Adams County jail in West Union, Ohio, in November 1856. According to a Maysville, Kentucky newspaper, a mob broke open the jail, took him to an island in the Ohio River and hanged him from a tree. Another account says his body was buried on the island. One account says a relative of the earlier victim led the crowd.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd broke into the Adams County jail in West Union, Ohio, took the man out and hanged him on an island in the Ohio River, according to the Maysville Eagle as reprinted in the Alexandria Gazette.
Reported by: Maysville (Ky.) Eagle, as reprinted in the Alexandria Gazette (reporters).