Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
This man was one of five men held in the jail at Versailles, Indiana, who were taken from the jail and hanged, according to a brief item in the Houston Daily Post of September 16, 1897. The paper reported that a mob took the men from the jail and killed them by hanging. The paper described the killings as homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: newspaper domestic news column.