Leander Moody

Leander Moody was held in the jail at Seymour, Indiana. On the Thursday night of July 29, 1886, according to a telegram reprinted in the Daily Republican, a mob took him from the jail and lynched him. The Democratic Advocate's later report gives the same account, but neither paper says how the mob got into the jail or whether jail staff resisted or handed him over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Sources (2)

• Daily Republican, July 31, 1886, page 4 Daily Republican, July 31, 1886
• The Democratic Advocate, August 7, 1886, page 4 The Democratic Advocate, August 7, 1886