Died in jail or a lockup
Simon Reno
Simon Reno was held in the New Albany county jail in Indiana when, according to a telegraph dispatch printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal, a mob of masked men entered before dawn on December 12, 1868. The dispatch says the men took the keys from the jail office and went to the cells. Simon was hanged from the cell railing beside his brother Frank. The dispatch reports that the mob then locked the jail and left with one of the county commissioners.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A telegraph dispatch reports that a mob of masked men took the keys from the New Albany jail office, went to the cells and hanged Simon Reno.
Reported by: New Albany telegraph dispatch (reporters).