Died in jail or a lockup
Henry Shaler
Henry Shaler was one of five men held in the jail at Versailles, Indiana, when a masked mob came for them on September 15, 1897. According to the El Paso Daily Herald's report, the jailer first refused to give up the keys, and the mob then took them from him by force. The mob shot the men and hanged them from a tree about a block away. No members of the mob were known.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper accounts of the Versailles, Indiana lynching (reporters).