Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Four Black people held in the jail at Russellville, Kentucky, were taken from it by a mob in July 1908 and hanged from a tree at the edge of town. The mob seized them from the custody of the jail that was holding them. The Aberdeen Weekly reported the killings on August 7, 1908.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.