Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two brothers, both surnamed Court, were held in the jail at Fairview, Kentucky, according to the Narragansett Herald of May 6, 1882. A crowd of armed men broke into the jail, took the brothers from their custody, and hanged them from a tree.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.