Died in jail or a lockup
Schell
Schell was held in the jail at Bellefontaine, Ohio. On the night of September 24, 1875, a crowd of citizens took him from the jail and hanged him. According to a telegraph dispatch published in the Wilmington Journal on October 1, 1875, the jail guards made no resistance.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telegraph dispatch published in the Wilmington Journal says a crowd of citizens took Schell from the Bellefontaine, Ohio jail and hanged him, with the guards making no resistance.
Reported by: Telegraph dispatch published in the Wilmington Journal (reporters).