Died in jail or a lockup
Bud Bowlands
Bud Bowlands, a Black man, was held in the jail at Rockport, Indiana, in December 1900, along with another man. According to a news report published in The News-Herald on December 20, 1900, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree. The report says the bodies were shot, and it describes the killing as the work of a mob that came for the men while they were in custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news report says a mob took Bud Bowlands and another man from the jail at Rockport, Indiana, and hanged them from a tree.
Reported by: news report.