Redman
Redman was held in the jail in Evansville, Indiana, when about one hundred mounted men from Posey County surrounded the building shortly after two in the morning on October 11, 1882. According to an Evansville dispatch reprinted in the Savannah Morning News, the men forced the sheriff to give up the keys, held him prisoner, and took Redman from his cell. A blow from a sledge hammer felled him during the flight, and he was shot more than two dozen times. Officers exchanged fire with the mob, and a man named David Murphy was also killed in the gunfire.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about one hundred mounted men from Posey County took Redman from the Evansville jail, after forcing the sheriff to give up the keys, and killed him, according to an Evansville dispatch reprinted in the Savannah Morning News.
Reported by: Evansville dispatch reprinted in the Savannah Morning News (reporters).