Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In July 1908 a mob took four Black people from the jail in Russellville, Kentucky, and hanged them from a tree at the edge of town. The people were held at the jail when the mob broke in and took them. The Aberdeen Weekly described the killings as orderly and said no shots were fired. The names of the four people are not recorded in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.