Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in the jail at East Hickman, Fayette County, Kentucky, was taken from the jail by a mob of citizens and hanged on December 23, 1877. The American Citizen reported the killing in January 1878, according to the newspaper's account. The person's name has not been recorded from this source, and the report describes only the mob's taking of them from the jail and the hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper report.