Name not reported
He was one of four men held at the Laurel County jail in Kentucky when, early on the morning of May 14, 1870, a mob of disguised men, estimated at 100 to 200, took them from the jail. According to a letter to the Louisville Commercial, the jailer gave up the keys without resistance, and the four were hanged from a tree on the Manchester road. Their bodies were found the next morning, one with a notice pinned to it. The letter says all four left wives and small children to mourn them, and that good citizens condemned the act.
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.
Reported by: letter to the Louisville Commercial (reporters).