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Jackson Jail, Breathitt County, Kentucky, 1929.
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Title
Jackson
Jail
,
Breathitt
County
,
Kentucky
,
1929
.
Contributors
Associated Press (photographer)
Description
Jackson
Jail
in "
bloody
Breathitt
County.
" A
dark
building
(or
dark
photograph)
,
behind
a
telephone
pole
and
flanked
by
trees
.
Caption
from
Associated
Press
: "
Jail
from
which
mob
took
victim--the
Breathitt
County
Jail
at
Jackson
,
Ky
., from
which
Chester
Fugate
,
held
on
charges
of
murder
, was
taken
by a
mob
of
20
or
more
men
who
fired
twelve
bullets
into his
body
then
threw
him
over
an
embankment
to
die
. The
man
was
found
by a
farmer
and
taken
to a
hospital
where
he
died
the
next
day
after
swearing
out
warrants
for
size
men
he
said
were in the
mob
of
lynchers.
"
Breathitt
County
received
the
nickname
"
Bloody
Breathitt
"
became
of the
Hargis-Marcum
family
feud
in the
early
twentieth
century
.
Subject
Buildings
Detention facilities
Jails
Location Depicted
Jackson (Ky.)
Breathitt County (Ky.)
Date Original
1929-12-27
Object Type
Photographic prints
Source
8 x 10 in. b&w photographic print. Item no. 1994.18.0333 in the Herald-Post collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/heraldpost#conditions
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Collection
Herald-Post Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/heraldpost/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA
1994.18.0333
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