Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in the jail in Paducah, Kentucky, was taken from the jail by a mob on October 16, 1916, and killed. The Daily Commonwealth, citing an Associated Press report, said the mob also seized another Black person on the streets and killed them as well. The same report says the two were lynched in Paducah.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).