Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In May 1866, a large crowd of citizens went to the Frankfort, Kentucky jail at about 10 p.m., after the courthouse bell was rung. According to the Pawtucket Gazette and Chronicle, the crowd secured the keys, took a prisoner out of the jail, carried him to South Frankfort and hanged him. The person's name is not legible in the surviving text, so they are recorded here without one. Whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed over the keys is not stated.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.