Alexander McLeod
Alexander McLeod was being held in the Celina jail in Ohio when, according to a Van Wert correspondent writing in the Chicago Tribune, an organized band of several hundred horsemen came to town on July 8, 1872. The Tribune reported that the mob caught the sheriff, took the keys from his pockets, and removed McLeod and another man from their cells. It said they were hanged from a tree, and that McLeod said he was not guilty before he died. A Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Wilmington Daily Commercial also reported that a mob took men from the Celina jail and hanged them, but its text is garbled and does not clearly say which men were hanged.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). A Chicago Tribune Van Wert correspondent reports a mob of several hundred horsemen took McLeod from the Celina jail after taking the keys from the sheriff, and hanged him; McLeod reportedly maintained he was not guilty, a claim the article reports but does not have the jail's account to test, and a Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Wilmington Daily Commercial says a mob took men from the jail and hanged two, without naming the victims.
Reported by: Van Wert correspondent, Chicago Tribune (reporters); Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Wilmington Daily Commercial (reporters).