Died in custody
Name not reported
A man being taken to Glasgow for safekeeping was in the custody of guards when a mob seized him from them, hanged him from a tree and shot him, according to The South Kentuckian of August 8, 1882. The paper's account does not preserve his name, and it does not say whether the guards resisted the mob or gave him up. He was one of two men being moved under guard when the attack took place in Monroe County.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.