Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1865, two men held in the Evansville, Indiana jail were taken from it when a mob broke the building open, according to The State Rights Democrat. The paper reported that the mob beat the two men nearly to death before hanging them from lamp posts. Both men were killed in the attack.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The State Rights Democrat reported that a mob broke open the Evansville, Indiana jail, beat two men held there and hanged them from lamp posts.
Reported by: The State Rights Democrat (reporters).