Hardy
Hardy was held in the jail at Harlan, Iowa, when, according to press dispatches from July 1883, a masked mob of about fifty men came to the jail in the early morning of July 24. The men tied up the jailer and forced his wife to hand over the keys, then took Hardy from his cell, hanged him from a tree and shot him. His body was thrown into the river, and the sheriff recovered it, with an inquest to follow. The accounts differ on the hour and the number of men, and they do not say whether the sheriff or jail staff resisted or gave up the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob of about fifty men took Hardy from the Harlan, Iowa, jail, bound the jailer, forced his wife to hand over the keys, hanged him and shot him, and reports say the body was thrown into the river.
Reported by: Des Moines dispatch (reporters); Tribune special dispatch from Harlan, Iowa (reporters); Daily Republican (reporters); Green-Mountain Freeman (reporters); Salt Lake Herald (reporters); St. Landry Democrat (reporters).
Sources (16)
- Savannah Morning News, July 25, 1883, page 1
- Daily Republican, July 25, 1883, page 1
- The Indianapolis Journal, July 25, 1883, page 3
- The Portland Daily Press, July 25, 1883, page 1
- Eureka Daily Sentinel, July 25, 1883, page 2
- Green-Mountain Freeman, July 25, 1883, page 2
- Delaware State Journal, July 26, 1883, page 2
- The Silver State, July 26, 1883, page 2
- The Salt Lake Herald, July 26, 1883, page 6
- Jamestown Weekly Alert, July 27, 1883, page 4
- Bismarck Tribune, July 27, 1883, page 1
- Delta Chief, August 1, 1883, page 2
- Barbour County Index, August 3, 1883, page 2
- St. Landry Democrat, August 4, 1883, page 2
- San Marcos Free Press, August 9, 1883, page 2
- The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, August 11, 1883, page 1