Ed Warner

Ed Warner, a Black man, was held at the Mount Vernon jail in Indiana. On the night of October 11, 1878, according to The Jasper Weekly Courier, a disguised, armed mob took him and three other men from the jail. The mob hanged them from trees in the courthouse yard.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Jasper Weekly Courier, October 25, 1878, page 2 The Jasper Weekly Courier, October 25, 1878