Died in jail or a lockup
Virgil Tomand
Virgil Tomand, a Black man, was one of four men held in a Kentucky jail in early August 1908. According to the Gainesville Daily Sun, a mob of about fifty men took him and the others from the jail early on Saturday, August 1, and hanged them on the edge of town. Their bodies were found at daylight, with a warning note pinned to one of them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about fifty took Virgil Tomand from the Kentucky jail and hanged him on the edge of town.
Reported by: news reports.