Died in jail or a lockup
Walter Merrick
Walter Merrick was held in the jail at Princeton, Kentucky, in 1932 when a mob of masked men took him from custody and hanged him, according to the Atlanta Daily World's record of that year's lynchings. The paper lists his death as a homicide by hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of masked men took Walter Merrick from the Princeton, Kentucky jail and hanged him, according to the Atlanta Daily World's 1932 lynching records.
Reported by: Atlanta Daily World (reporters).