Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On Sunday, December 16, 1900, a mob took a Black man from an Indiana jail where he was being held and hanged him from a tree, according to a Baltimore Sun account reprinted in The Democratic Advocate. The account describes two Black men taken from the jail and hanged by unmasked men. The paper condemned the killings, said there was no attempt at concealment, and questioned whether those responsible would be punished.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Baltimore Sun, reprinted in The Democratic Advocate, reports that a mob hanged the men from a tree after taking them from an Indiana jail.
Reported by: Baltimore Sun (reprinted in The Democratic Advocate) (reporters).