Died in jail or a lockup
Bud Rowland
Bud Rowland, a Black man, was held in the jail at Rockport, Indiana, when a mob came for him on the night of December 16, 1900. According to the Alexandria Gazette, the mob took him from the jail yard and hanged him, along with another Black man also held there. The paper reports that the bodies were riddled with bullets afterward.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Bud Rowland from the jail yard at Rockport, Indiana, and hanged him, and the account says the bodies were riddled with bullets afterward.
Reported by: news reports.