Name not reported
An American Indian man, whose name is not given in the account, was held in the jail at Brewster and was taken from it by a mob and hanged in August 1872, according to a New York Herald report on Indian Bureau reports. A second American Indian man was taken from the same jail and killed in the same way. The report says the Indian Bureau is seeking proceedings against those responsible, and that more than fifty armed people were reportedly present as spectators. The jailers' conduct during the mob's entry is not described in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took two Indians from the jail at Brewster and hanged them in August 1872, according to a Herald report on Indian Bureau reports.
Reported by: Herald report on Indian Bureau reports (reporters).