Ike Barber
Ike Barber was held in the jail at Waverly, Iowa, along with his brother Bill. On the night of June 8, 1883, a mob took the two men from the jail and hanged them from trees about half a mile east of town. According to the Helena Weekly Herald, the sheriff refused to hand over the keys and the mob broke the doors with sledgehammers. The Daily Kennebec Journal reported that a mob took the brothers from the jail at about 11:30 at night and marched them out of town, and another paper said the sheriff made no real effort to protect them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Ike Barber and his brother from the Waverly, Iowa jail, broke the doors with sledgehammers and hanged them from a tree about half a mile east of town.
Reported by: The Herald's Waverly dispatch (reporters); Dubuque Herald dispatch (reporters); later report on the Waverly lynching (reporters).