Died in jail or a lockup
Hiney Shuler
Hiney Shuler was one of five men held in the Versailles jail in Indiana when a masked mob broke in during the early morning of September 15, 1897. The mob took him and the other men to an elm tree and hanged them. According to the report, his skull was crushed during the attack in the jail, and he was dead before he reached the tree. Governor Mount, in a telegram to the sheriff, called the killings murder and ordered that those responsible be prosecuted.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Governor Mount called the killing murder in a telegram to the sheriff, and the account reports his skull was crushed in the jail before the mob hanged him.
Reported by: Governor Mount.