Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the Bardstown jail in Bardstown, Kentucky, was taken from the jail by a mob in December 1867, according to a Charleston Daily News summary. The paper reports that he was shot and that his body was thrown thirty feet down a ledge of rocks. He was killed after the mob removed him from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Charleston Daily News reported that a mob took a man from the Bardstown jail, shot him and threw his body down a ledge of rocks.
Reported by: Charleston Daily News (reporters).