Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man held in the custody of Todd County, Kentucky, was being taken by a guard toward the Elkton jail in May 1880, according to a dispatch from the Hopkinsville correspondent of The Courier-Journal, reprinted in the Morning Journal and Courier. The dispatch says a group of men took him from the guard, shot him several times and left his body hanging from a tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Courier-Journal's correspondent at Hopkinsville reported that a mob took the man from the guard and shot him several times before leaving him hanging from a tree.
Reported by: The Courier-Journal's correspondent at Hopkinsville (reporters).