Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died May 9, 1884 · Hardin County, Kentucky

In May 1884, a Black man was held in the jail at Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Masked men took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree outside. A Wessington Springs Herald report published on May 30, 1884 described the killing.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Wessington Springs Herald, May 30, 1884, page 6 Wessington Springs Herald, May 30, 1884

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