Died in jail or a lockup
Marion Tyler
Marion Tyler was held in the jail at Scottsburg, Indiana, for several weeks in late 1898. Shortly after midnight on December 24, a masked mob went to the sheriff's residence and demanded the jail keys. The sheriff first refused, but he and his family were frightened into revealing where the keys were, and the mob took Tyler from the jail and hanged him. His parents, who lived at McLeansborough, Illinois, were notified of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob took Tyler from the Scottsburg jail after the sheriff revealed where the keys were kept, and hanged him.
Reported by: news reports.