Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A woman was held at a county jail in Kentucky with her husband, Bon French. According to the Chicago Daily Tribune, published May 5, 1876, a mob of masked men took her from the jail during the night of May 3, 1876. The men hanged her from a tree about two miles from town.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.