Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
Three unnamed people were held in the jail at Lebanon, Kentucky. According to the Springfield Weekly Republican, which reported it on December 1, 1866, a mob took the three from the jail on a Saturday night and hanged them. The jail was the place that held them when the mob seized them, and the account attributes the killings to that mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Springfield Weekly Republican reports that a mob took three people from the jail at Lebanon, Kentucky, and hanged them.
Reported by: Springfield Weekly Republican (reporters).