Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In July 1892, a man held at the jail in Franklin, Kentucky, was taken from his cell by a mob of about fifty men who came to the jail around midnight on a Tuesday night. According to the Alexandria Gazette, the mob woke the jailer and got the jail keys from him. The men fastened the man to a horse and carried him about two miles to Sharp's Branch, where they hanged him. His body was found hanging from a tree the next morning.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.