Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in the jail at Russellville, Kentucky, was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to a report in the Adair County News published in August 1908. The person is not named in the account. The paper's description of the person and its account of the accusation against them are left out here, since the report offers no reliable basis for them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.