Virgil
Virgil was one of four Black men held in the Logan County jail in Russellville, Kentucky, in August 1908, when a mob of about fifty masked men took them from the jail, according to the Associated Press. The men were hanged from a tree on the edge of town. The Associated Press reported that the jailer was forced at gunpoint to hand over the keys, and that no shots were fired. No member of the mob was recognized.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Associated Press reports a mob of about fifty masked men took Virgil from the Logan County jail in Russellville, Kentucky, and hanged him from a tree on the edge of town, after the jailer was forced at gunpoint to hand over the keys.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).