Name not reported
This man was one of four men held in the Laurel County, Kentucky jail in May 1870 who were taken out by a mob of 100 to 200 disguised men on the morning of May 14. According to a letter to the Louisville Commercial, the jailer gave up the keys without resistance. The men were hanged from a tree on the Manchester road, and their bodies were found the next morning, one with a notice pinned to it. The letter says all four left wives and small children, and that the families were left in sorrow.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A letter to the Louisville Commercial says a mob of disguised men took him from the Laurel County jail and hanged him, after the guard gave up the keys without resistance.
Reported by: letter to the Louisville Commercial (reporters).