Died in jail or a lockup
Omer Green
Omer Green was held in the jail at Delphi, Indiana. According to a July 1895 report in The Dalles Times-Mountaineer, about 2,000 men took him from the jail and drove him to the Mabbitt house. The same report says they lynched him there. The report gives no exact date for the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1895 newspaper report says about 2,000 men took him from the Delphi jail and hanged him near the Mabbitt house.
Reported by: 1895 newspaper report (reporters).