Died in jail or a lockup
L. Harriott
L. Harriott was held in the jail at Warsaw, Indiana, when a mob took him from the jail and lynched him, according to the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal's report of September 1895. The jail's sheriff or jailer is not named in the report, and it does not say how they responded to the mob. The report gives no other details about the person.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took L. Harriott from the Warsaw, Indiana jail and lynched him.
Reported by: news reports.