Died in jail or a lockup
Henry Schuler
Henry Schuler was held in the Versailles jail in Indiana when a mob broke in before dawn on September 13, 1897. According to a coroner's inquest reported by the Kansas City Journal, his skull was crushed inside the jail. He was then dragged from the building and hanged from a tree nearby, one of five men the mob took from the jail that night.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's inquest, as reported in a newspaper account, found that his skull was crushed inside the jail before he was hanged from a tree near it by a mob.
Reported by: coroner's inquest (medical examiner or coroner); news reports.