F. M. Hendershot

F. M. Hendershot, a son of Mrs. Stillwell Hendershot, was held in the Troy jail in Indiana in October 1884. On October 10, a masked mob of about one hundred men demanded him from the jailer, who refused. The mob battered down the doors, dragged Hendershot out and hanged him from a tree.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob of about one hundred men demanded Hendershot from the Troy jailer, battered down the jail doors, dragged him out and hanged him from a tree after the jailer refused.

Reported by: Troy jail jailer (the agency that held him); newspaper report of the 1884 lynching (reporters).

Source

• Wessington Springs Herald, October 31, 1884, page 6 Wessington Springs Herald, October 31, 1884