Name not reported
The Hodgenville jail in Larue County, Kentucky, was holding this man on November 1, 1901, when a mob of fifty or seventy-five armed men came to the jail that morning. According to a Courier-Journal dispatch, the jail keys were surrendered to the mob, which took him from his cell. The dispatch says he broke away and ran, and the mob shot him about one hundred yards from the jail before hanging him from the courthouse steps. The dispatch reports that the guard posted at the jail that night made little effort to defend him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Courier-Journal dispatch from Hodgenville says a mob took him from the jail after the keys were surrendered, shot him and hanged him from the courthouse steps.
Reported by: Courier-Journal dispatch from Hodgenville (reporters).