Name not reported

In April 1884 a mob broke into the Breathitt County jail in Kentucky, took people held there and lynched them. The Abilene Reflector reported that two were killed, while The Iola Register the next day reported one. Neither account names the victims or gives their ages or an exact date.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief news report says an angry mob broke into the Breathitt County jail in Kentucky and lynched two people held there.

Reported by: news report.

Sources (2)

• The Abilene Reflector, April 24, 1884, page 6 The Abilene Reflector, April 24, 1884
• The Iola Register, April 25, 1884, page 2 The Iola Register, April 25, 1884