James Moore
James Moore was held in the jail in Sullivan, Indiana, in the custody of the sheriff and several deputies when, on November 20, 1902, a mob of about forty armed men overpowered the officers and took him from them. According to the Associated Press, the mob beat him and dragged him through the main street to a farm near Oaktown, where it hanged him from a telegraph pole. The deputies resisted but were forced to release him. The governor had ordered militia out to protect him before the mob reached him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about forty men overpowered the sheriff and deputies, took James Moore from them, and hanged him near Oaktown, according to the Associated Press.
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).