Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person was being held in the jail in Louisville, Kentucky. On Saturday, September 5, 1874, a mob took them from the jail and lynched them, according to a Daily Kennebec Journal report published on September 9. The newspaper gave no name for the person.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Daily Kennebec Journal reported, without attribution, that a mob took a Black person from a Louisville, Kentucky jail and lynched them.
Reported by: Daily Kennebec Journal (reporters).