Brooks

Brooks was held in an Indiana jail when a mob took him out and killed him without trial, according to a Seymour Times editorial reprinted in the Nashville Union and Dispatch in April 1867. The editorial described his death as lynch law and defended the killing.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Seymour (Ind.) Times editorial says Brooks was executed by lynch law after a mob took him from jail, and defends the lynching as a response to unpunished killings.

Reported by: Seymour (Ind.) Times editorial (reporters).

Source

• Nashville Union And Dispatch, April 19, 1867, page 2 Nashville Union And Dispatch, April 19, 1867