Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unnamed Black man was being held in the jail at Frankfort, Kentucky, in August 1871. The Kentucky Gazette reported that a body of about five hundred men took him from the jail and hanged him until he was dead. His death was a mob killing carried out after he had been placed in the custody of the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.