Philip Clifton
Philip Clifton was one of three men being taken by train from Cincinnati, under a strong guard, toward the jail in Brownstown, Indiana, according to a Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Public Ledger. The dispatch, citing the New Albany Ledger, says about two hundred men stopped the train two miles west of Seymour, overpowered the guard, took the prisoners out and hanged them. The bodies were reported hanging from trees the next morning. The dispatch says it was not yet known who led the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Public Ledger, citing the New Albany Ledger, says about two hundred men stopped the train, overpowered the guard and hanged him.
Reported by: Cincinnati dispatch reprinted in the Public Ledger, citing the New Albany Ledger (reporters).