Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the jail at Frankfort, Kentucky, on January 31, 1868. According to the Alexandria Gazette, a crowd of citizens gathered at night, forced their way into the jail, took him out and hanged him from a tree. The paper reports that several shots were fired into his body while he hung. He is not named in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.