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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died October 31, 1901 · Kentucky

On October 31, 1901, a mob took him from a jail in Kentucky, according to a brief report in the Windham County Reformer the next day. The paper said he was shot many times and then hanged from the courthouse. He was held in the jail when the mob took him from it, and he died at their hands.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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