Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Tennyson
Charles Tennyson was held in the jail at Corydon, Indiana, in June 1889. According to a news dispatch, a mob of about 200 men took him and James Deavin from the jail in the early hours of June 13, removed them to a bridge west of town, and hanged them after an effort to make them confess failed. Another account, from the Associated Press, dates the lynching to the night of June 12 and names the Indianapolis dispatch as its source. Whether jail officers resisted or gave up the keys is not established.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody