Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a Kentucky jail was taken from the building by a mob and hanged, according to a Chicago Daily Tribune report of May 7, 1879. He was one of four men held there who were killed on the same night. His name cannot be read in the scanned text.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Chicago Daily Tribune (reporters).