Died in jail or a lockup
Bill Reno
Bill Reno was one of four men held in the county jail at Seymour, Indiana. Shortly before dawn on December 12, 1868, a masked group of about seventy armed men took the jail, removed him from his cell and hanged him from a corner post. According to the newspaper account, the sheriff had been shot through the arm and surrendered the keys after trying to escape. The mob's taking of the jail and the sheriff's conduct are as reported in that account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked group of about seventy armed men took Bill Reno from the Seymour, Indiana county jail and hanged him, according to the Cincinnati Times account.
Reported by: Cincinnati Times (reporters).