Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1856, four Black men held in the Louisville jail in Kentucky were taken from the jail by a mob and hanged. The mob took them from the jail's custody, so they died while held by the jail. Their deaths were carried out by a mob, not by any court or sentence.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.