Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Elkton, Kentucky, was taken from the jail and lynched, according to a Louisville dispatch published in The Commonwealth on October 20, 1905, with the killing dated October 13. The dispatch does not say who took him or whether jail officers resisted or gave up the keys. His name is garbled in the newspaper's text, so it is not recorded here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Louisville dispatch in a historical newspaper (reporters).