Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a jail near Newport, Kentucky, in March 1879 was taken from custody by a mob, according to a brief Shenandoah Herald account. The paper reported that the mob broke past the jailer, two policemen and the mayor, took him to a woman who was asked to identify him, then dragged him into the woods and hanged him. His name was not given. The account is a reprint without a named source, and it does not say whether the jailer or officers resisted the mob or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a mob broke past the jailer, two policemen and the mayor, took him from custody and hanged him.
Reported by: newspaper report (no named source) (reporters).