Uliss Anderson

Uliss Anderson was one of four men held in the New Albany, Indiana jail. According to a news dispatch published December 13, 1868, between three and four in the morning on December 12, a group of masked, armed men from Seymour overpowered the jail guards, took the keys and removed the four men from their cells. The dispatch says they were hanged inside the jail. The dispatch does not say whether the jailers resisted or handed over the keys.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch reports that a group of masked, armed men from Seymour overpowered the jail guards at New Albany, Indiana, took the keys and hanged Anderson inside the jail.

Reported by: news dispatch.

Source

• Nashville Union And American, December 13, 1868, page 1 Nashville Union And American, December 13, 1868