Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died June 10, 1909 · Frankfort

A Black man was held in the Frankfort jail. On the night of Thursday, June 10, 1909, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him. The account names the jail as the place that held him and describes the mob as the cause of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report