Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two brothers, identified in a May 1882 Kentucky newspaper report as the Court brothers, were being held in the jail at Fairview, Kentucky. According to the report, a crowd of armed men broke into the jail, took the brothers out, and hanged them from a tree. The mob killed both men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.