Name not reported

A 16-year-old Black teenager was being held in the jail at Henryville, Kentucky, in early October 1901. According to a report in the Daily Ardmoreite, a mob took him from the jail in the early hours of October 2 and hanged him from the Chesapeake and Ohio trestle near the jail. The paper says the jailer refused to hand over the keys, and the mob battered down the jail door to reach him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Daily Ardmoreite reported that a mob battered down the Henryville jail door after the jailer refused to give up the keys, then hanged a 16-year-old from the Chesapeake and Ohio trestle.

Reported by: Daily Ardmoreite special dispatch from Henryville (reporters).

Source

• The Daily Ardmoreite, October 2, 1901, page 1 The Daily Ardmoreite, October 2, 1901