Name not reported

According to a Baltimore Sun report reprinted in The Democratic Advocate, a Black man held in an Indiana jail was taken from it by a mob in December 1900. The report says unmasked men seized him in the same action that took another man from the jail, and that he was hanged from a tree on Sunday, December 16, 1900. The account describes the killing as openly carried out and calls for those responsible to be held to account.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Baltimore Sun (reprinted in The Democratic Advocate) (reporters).

Source

• The Democratic Advocate, December 22, 1900, page 2 The Democratic Advocate, December 22, 1900