Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to an August 1881 report in The Abbeville Press and Banner, a Black man held at a jail in Kentucky was shot to death by the officers guarding the jail. The report says officers used firearms against him, and that is how his death is described. He is identified in the account only as a man held at the jail, so his name and age are not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff
Reported by: claimed by not stated in the extracted record (the account reports the officers' shooting).