Name not reported

On May 7, 1880, a Black man being transported under guard toward the Elkton jail in Hopkins County, Kentucky, was taken from his guard by a mob near Fairview, according to a brief report in the Little Falls Transcript. The mob shot him several times and left his body hanging from a tree. He was held at the time by the officers escorting him to the jail, and the mob killed him after taking him from their custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Little Falls Transcript report says a mob took the man from his guard near Fairview, shot him several times and left his body hanging from a tree.

Reported by: Little Falls Transcript (reporters).

Source

• Little Falls Transcript, May 14, 1880, page 2 Little Falls Transcript, May 14, 1880