Died in jail or a lockup
Jenkins
Jenkins, a 27-year-old man, was held in the Versailles jail in Indiana. Before dawn on September 13, 1897, a mob took him and four other men from the jail. According to a coroner's inquest reported in the Kansas City Journal, his skull was crushed inside the jail before he was dragged out and hanged from a tree near the building.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A coroner's inquest, as reported in a newspaper account, found his skull was crushed inside the Versailles jail before he was hanged from a tree near it by a mob.
Reported by: coroner's inquest (medical examiner or coroner); newspaper account.