Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a Kentucky jail was taken from the jail by a mob in October 1916. The mob hanged him from the limb of a tree near a woman's home, and his body was burned. The Cordova Daily Times reported that about six thousand people watched, and the account gives no name for him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.