Name not reported

An American Indian man was held in the jail at Bedford, Iowa. Early on Sunday morning, June 30, 1889, a mob came to the jail and demanded the keys, and the officer in charge refused to give them up, according to a Bedford dispatch printed in the New-York Tribune. The mob battered down the doors, took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree in the courtyard.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Bedford, Iowa dispatch printed in the New-York Tribune says a mob battered down the jail doors, took the man out and hanged him from a tree, after the officer in charge refused to give up the keys.

Reported by: Bedford, Iowa dispatch printed in the New-York Tribune (reporters).

Source

• New-York Tribune, July 2, 1889, page 1 New-York Tribune, July 2, 1889