Died in jail or a lockup
One of 5 people whose names were not reported
A man held in a Kentucky jail was taken from it by a mob and killed on July 2, 1877, according to a brief item in the Brookhaven Ledger, a Mississippi newspaper. The item reported that he was one of five men lynched that day after being taken from jails in Kentucky. His name is not known from this account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.