Virgil Bowers
Virgil Bowers, a Black man, was being held in the jail at London, Kentucky. On the night of Monday, October 16, 1905, an armed, masked mob, reported to number about 200 men and to have come from Knox County, took him from the jail and hanged him from an apple tree just outside town. His body was found hanging from the tree at daylight. Judge H. C. Faulkner, charging the grand jury, said the men who took part were murderers who seized him from his cell and from the officer of the law.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked, armed mob took him from the London, Kentucky jail and hanged him from an apple tree, according to 1905 newspaper reports, and Judge H C Faulkner said the mob seized him from his cell and from the officer of the law.
Reported by: 1905 newspaper reports of the London, Kentucky jail lynching (reporters); Judge H C Faulkner, in his charge to the grand jury (court).