Died in jail or a lockup
One of 4 people whose names were not reported
Four people were taken from the jail in New Albany, Indiana, and lynched on December 12, 1868, according to a 1921 Laredo Weekly Times item recalling that date. The item names none of the four and gives no ages or other details about them. A mob took them from the jail and killed them, and the item does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted, gave up the keys, or handed them over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: 'this day in history' item in a historical newspaper (reporters).