Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man held in the custody of the sheriff and his deputies in Nicholsville, Kentucky, was taken by a mob and lynched in the courthouse yard, according to a brief item in the Morris Tribune published February 15, 1902. The item does not give his name or the date of the killing. It identifies the young woman's brother as the leader of the mob. The account's description of the man is left out here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Morris Tribune (reporters).