John Hamner
John Hamner was held in the jail at Winterset, Iowa. According to a report quoted by the Opelousas Courier, a group of about 100 men were refused the jail keys and broke in with crowbars and sledges. They took him out and hanged him from a tree in the Court House square, and the report says one of the group shot him through the heart while he struggled. The group fired a volley and rode off on horseback.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Opelousas Courier, quoting a report, says a mob of about 100 men broke into the Winterset, Iowa jail after the sheriff refused them the keys, hanged John Hamner from a tree, and one of them shot him through the heart.
Reported by: Opelousas Courier, quoting a report (reporters).