Lynch Rainsberger

Lynch Rainsberger was held in the Hardin County jail at Eldora, Iowa. According to a special report to the Times-Republican, about seventy-five masked men took him from the jail around 1 a.m. on June 5, 1885. The same men took his brother Fine, and the report says a mob shot both men to death. The report attributes the killings to a long-running family feud in Hardin County.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Times-Republican special report says a mob of about seventy-five masked men took him from the Hardin County jail at Eldora and shot him.

Reported by: Times-Republican special report (reporters).

Source

• The Indianapolis Journal, June 6, 1885, page 5 The Indianapolis Journal, June 6, 1885