Lewis Tongate
Lewis Tongate was being held in the Orange County Jail in Orleans, Indiana, when constables and deputies were taking him and another man toward the jail on October 25, 1870. A mob stopped the party on the Lost River bridge, took both men from the officers, and hanged them from the bridge railing. The Cincinnati Commercial despatch and a Bloomington correspondent reported the death, and a coroner's inquest, as reported, found that he died at the hands of parties unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The coroner's inquest found he died at the hands of parties unknown after a mob took him from constables and deputies on the Lost River bridge, according to the Cincinnati Commercial despatch.
Reported by: Coroner's inquest (medical examiner or coroner); Cincinnati Commercial despatch (reporters); Bloomington correspondent (reporters).