Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man whose name the sources do not give was held in the Frankfort, Kentucky jail in late January 1868. A crowd forced the jail open, took him out, and hanged him from a tree on a precipice, then fired several shots into his body while he hung. The governor, who had not known of the crowd's plan, ordered the adjutant general and assistants to rescue him, but the rescue had no effect.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.