Died in jail or a lockup
Ansoms
Ansoms was held in the Versailles jail in Indiana when a mob broke in before dawn on September 13, 1897, and took him and four other men from the building. The men were hanged from a tree near the jail. The Kansas City Journal reported that a coroner's inquest recorded the deaths as homicide by a mob. Ansoms was 30 years old.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's inquest, as reported in a newspaper account, found that Ansoms was hanged by a mob that took him from the Versailles jail.
Reported by: coroner's inquest (medical examiner or coroner); newspaper account.