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F. Wilkins

Shelby County, Indiana

F. Wilkins was held in the jail in Shelbyville, Indiana, when a mob took them from the jail and hanged them from a lamp post, according to the Idaho Semi-Weekly World's report of September 11, 1891. The account gives no further details of the person's life or family.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took F. Wilkins from the Shelbyville, Indiana jail and hanged him from a lamp post.

Reported by: news reports.

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