Died in jail or a lockup
One of 4 people whose names were not reported
Three Black men held in the jail at Morgansfield, Kentucky, were taken from it by a band of masked men on the night of Tuesday, December 1, 1874. According to a special dispatch to the Louisville Courier-Journal, the mob hanged the three men from a tree near the town. One of the men who died was a Black man held in that jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Daily Phoenix report datelined Louisville says a band of masked men took the men from the Morgansfield jail and hanged them.
Reported by: The Daily Phoenix (report datelined Louisville) (reporters).