Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A man held in the jail at Warsaw, Kentucky, was taken from the jail on the night of May 3, 1876, by a group of masked men, who hanged him from a tree. The American Citizen newspaper reported the killing on May 13, 1876, and gave no name for him. The mob was not described as having been resisted by the jail's staff.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: American Citizen newspaper (reporters).