Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Versailles, Indiana, jail was one of five prisoners a mob took from the jail at about one o'clock in the morning on September 15, 1897. The mob hanged the men from a tree. The newspaper account says the men were not guilty of capital crimes. Governor Mount called on the sheriff to bring those responsible to justice and offered the state's full assistance.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says a mob took five prisoners from the Versailles, Indiana jail and hanged them from a tree.
Reported by: newspaper report.