Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a county jail was taken from it by a mob, according to a Weekly Courier-Journal report published February 10, 1896. The mob tried to hang him from a county bridge. He broke free and ran along the high bank, but fell dead down the embankment into the river.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took him from the jail and tried to hang him from a county bridge; the news account says he broke free, ran along the bank, and fell dead into the river.
Reported by: news reports.