Charles Tennysen
Charles Tennyson, also spelled Tennysen in one report, was held in the jail at Corydon, Indiana, along with James Deavin. Reports published on June 13, 1889 say a mob of about 200 men took the two men from the jail in the early hours and hanged them from a bridge west of town after an effort to make them confess failed. One dispatch dates the lynching to the night of June 12, while the Alexandria Gazette places it early on June 13. The mob's taking of the men from the jail is the account given in these reports, and the dates differ between them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Charles Tennyson from the Corydon, Indiana jail and hanged him on a bridge west of town, according to a news dispatch; the account does not say whether jail officers resisted.
Reported by: news dispatch.