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. The Adair County News reported the killing in August 1908, and the death is recorded as a homicide carried out by the mob. The jail was holding this person when the mob came for them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.