Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
This person was held in the jail in Jackson, Kentucky, when a mob took them on Monday night, April 14, 1884, and hanged them, according to the Sacramento Daily Record-Union. The report describes a second person taken from the same jail by the same mob that night. Their name is not recorded in the item.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Record-Union item says a mob hanged a second person taken from the same Jackson, Kentucky jail on April 14, 1884.
Reported by: Record-Union (reporters).