Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Lexington, Kentucky, was taken out by a mob and hanged, according to a report in the Cincinnati Chronicle reprinted by the New-Haven Daily Herald in July 1841. He was the second of two men held there who were seized in this way, according to the same report. His name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Cincinnati Chronicle, as reprinted by the New-Haven Daily Herald, reports that a mob took him from the jail at Lexington, Kentucky, and hanged him.
Reported by: Cincinnati Chronicle (as reprinted by the New-Haven Daily Herald) (reporters).