Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A crowd broke into a jail in Indiana, where three men were being held, took one of them out and hanged him from the nearest tree until he died. The man's name, age and race are not given in the account. The sheriff or jailer's response to the crowd is not described, and no one has been punished for the killing, although the account says the people involved could easily be identified.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.