Died in jail or a lockup
Lytle Levy
Lytle Levy was reported to have been an old soldier who bore wounds from fighting for the Union. He was one of five men held in the Versailles, Indiana jail on September 15, 1897, when a masked mob forced the jailer to hand over the keys. According to the report, the jailer first refused, and the keys were then taken from him by force. The mob shot the prisoners and hanged them from a tree about a block away.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took the keys from the Versailles, Indiana jailer, shot the prisoners and hanged Lytle Levy from a tree about a block away.
Reported by: historical newspaper report of the Versailles, Indiana lynching (OCR text) (reporters).