Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a Kentucky jail was taken from the jail by a mob and shot, according to a brief item in the National Republican published on July 2, 1877. The item places the killing on the Friday night before publication, which would be June 29, 1877. His name is not legible in the surviving text, so he is not named here. The mob's killing of him is the only fact the account gives about his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.