Name not reported
Four men held in the Laurel County jail in Kentucky, including this man, were taken from it on the morning of May 14, 1870, by a mob of 100 to 200 disguised men, according to a letter to the Louisville Commercial. The letter says the guard gave up the keys without resistance, and the men were hanged from a single 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, and that their 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).