Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in the jail at Elkton, Kentucky, was taken from the building by a mob and hanged in October 1905, according to a brief editorial note in the Daily Public Ledger of Maysville. The paper gives no name or age for the person. The note does not describe whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob or handed the person over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Daily Public Ledger of Maysville (reporters).