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Several men were held at the Waverly jail in Bremer County, Iowa, in June 1883. According to a special dispatch from Waverly, reprinted in the Democratic Northwest from a Dubuque newspaper, a mob of men from Fayette County took them from the jail on the night of June 8 and hanged them from a tree about a mile east of the jail. The dispatch says the sheriff refused to give up the keys, and that the mob battered the doors down with sledgehammers before bringing the men out.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Herald dispatch from Waverly, Iowa, reprinted in the Democratic Northwest says a mob from Fayette County took the men from the Waverly jail, hanged them from a tree about a mile east, and battered the doors with sledgehammers after the sheriff refused to give up the keys.
Reported by: Herald's special dispatch from Waverly, Iowa, as reprinted in the Democratic Northwest (reporters).