Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three men were taken from a jail near Bear River by a vigilance committee and hanged, according to a report from the Frontier Index carried in an Omaha dispatch. The dispatch dates the killings to November 12, 1868. The Daily Ohio Statesman printed the report on November 20, 1868.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Frontier Index, relayed in an Omaha dispatch, reported that a vigilance committee took three men from a jail and hanged them near Bear River.
Reported by: Frontier Index (as reported in an Omaha dispatch) (reporters).