Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Louisville, Kentucky, was taken from his cell by a mob, according to the Weekly Hawk-Eye And Telegraph of June 24, 1857. The paper reported that the crowd broke into the jail and hanged him. He was one of four Black men held there at the time, and his name was not recorded in the report. The jail's response to the mob is not described.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Weekly Hawk-Eye and Telegraph reported in 1857 that a mob broke into the Louisville jail and hanged a Black man held there.
Reported by: Weekly Hawk-Eye And Telegraph (reporters).