Died in jail or a lockup
Ben Zeigler
Ben Zeigler, a 30-year-old Black man, was in the custody of deputies who were driving him to the Troy jail in March 1902. Near White Water Creek, a mob of armed men stopped the deputies, ordered them to turn back, and took Zeigler to an old field, and the deputies turned back. His body was found the next Sunday morning, chained to a stump and shot many times. A coroner's jury attributed his death to gunshot wounds inflicted by unknown persons.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's jury found he died of gunshot wounds inflicted by unknown persons after a mob took him from deputies carrying him to the Troy jail.
Reported by: coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner).