Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In September 1897, a crowd of citizens took five people from the jail in Versailles, Indiana, one night, and hanged them from a tree, according to the Marietta Journal. The five were held at the Versailles jail when the mob seized them. The crowd killed them after taking them from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.