Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An October 1883 newspaper item reports that a mob took men from the jail at Russellville, Kentucky, and hanged them to a tree. The jail held the men, and the mob took them from its custody and killed them. The item gives no names, number of men, or date of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.