Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Forsythe
Charles Forsythe was one of two men held in the Jeffersonville jail in Indiana. According to a Jeffersonville dispatch carried by the Daily Camera on January 22, 1897, a mob broke into the jail on that day and took him out. The report says they hanged him from a tree and shot him. Nothing in the account says whether the jailer or sheriff tried to stop the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news wire report from Jeffersonville says a mob broke open the jail, hanged Charles Forsythe from a tree and shot his body.
Reported by: news wire report (Jeffersonville dispatch) (reporters).