Name not reported

A man held at the jail in New Castle, Kentucky, was taken from it by a mob and hanged, according to the Fulton Journal, which reported it in September 1877. The paper said a mob took three men from the jail the other night and hanged them, and he was one of the three. The paper gives hanging by the mob as the cause of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: The Centre Reporter (reporters).

Sources (2)

• Fulton Journal, September 7, 1877, page 3 Fulton Journal, September 7, 1877
• The Centre Reporter, September 13, 1877, page 2 The Centre Reporter, September 13, 1877