Died in jail or a lockup
Joseph Engeler
Joseph Engeler was held in a jail when, according to a short item in The Somerset Press published November 15, 1877, a group of excited farmers took him from the jail at about 8 o'clock at night. The paper reports that the men lynched him. The item gives no further account of how the mob got in or what happened at the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A short news item says a group of excited farmers took him from the jail at about 8 o'clock at night and lynched him.
Reported by: news reports.