Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three Black men held in an Indiana jail in November 1871 were taken out by a band of about fifty masked men, according to The Home Journal. The mob carried them a mile or so from town and hanged them. The men's names are not given in the report, which says the killing happened 'the other day' before its November 23, 1871 edition.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Home Journal reports that a band of about fifty masked men took three Black men from an Indiana jail and hanged them a mile or so from town.
Reported by: The Home Journal (reporters).