Died in custody
Name not reported
On the morning of Tuesday, July 21, 1868, a vigilance committee took people from the officers holding them, according to the Perrysburg Journal. The paper reports that the committee hanged them from a tree. The people killed were in official custody when the mob seized them from the officers who held them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A vigilance committee took the people from officers and hanged them from a tree, according to a garbled 1868 newspaper notice.
Reported by: 1868 newspaper notice (OCR text) (reporters).