Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a Kentucky jail was taken by a mob and hanged, according to a Chicago Daily Tribune report published in May 1879. The paper says he was one of four men taken by mobs and killed on the same night. His name cannot be read in the scanned copy of the article.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Chicago Daily Tribune (reporters).