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Grant Atterberry

Sullivan County, Indiana

Grant Atterberry was being held in the jail at Sullivan, Indiana. A masked mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree. Grant Atterberry's death was reported in The L'Anse Sentinel on February 22, 1896.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took Grant Atterberry from the Sullivan, Indiana jail and hanged him from a tree.

Reported by: news reports.

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