Joseph Lyttle
Joseph Lytle was held in the Findlay, Ohio jail. On the morning of March 31, 1892, a masked mob of nearly 1,000 people demanded the keys from the sheriff, who refused, then battered down the jail doors and took him out, according to the Evening Bulletin. The mob hanged him from the Main Street bridge and later from a telegraph pole on Front Street, and shot him, while police who were present did not stop them. A note he left, asking to be buried beside his mother, was reported by the Delaware Gazette.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob of about 1,000 broke into the Findlay, Ohio jail, took Joseph Lytle from his cell, and hanged him from a bridge and a telegraph pole, then shot him while police present did not stop them.
Reported by: The Record-Union, citing a special report from Findlay (reporters); Associated Press dispatch (reporters); special dispatch from Findlay, O. (reporters).