William Goode
William Goode was one of three men held in the Lebanon county jail in Kentucky in November 1866. According to a Louisville Journal correspondent, reprinted in the Daily National Intelligencer, a mob forced its way into the jail on November 25, took Goode and the two other men from the dungeon, and led them out of town toward Grimes's Hill, where they were hanged. The correspondent reported that Goode armed himself with a large piece of wood and waited behind the door before the mob reached him. The account of what happened at the hill comes only from those who took part in it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Louisville Journal correspondent reported that a mob forced its way into the county jail, took William Goode from the dungeon and hanged him.
Reported by: Louisville Journal correspondent (reporters).