Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was taken from a Kentucky jail by a mob on October 16, 1916, according to the Cordova Daily Times. The mob hanged him from the limb of a tree near a woman's home and burned his body, and the paper reports that about six thousand people watched. The article describes him as one of two Black men taken in this way. His name is not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.