Died in custody
Name not reported
An unnamed man was in the custody of a sheriff in Indiana when a mob took him and lynched him, according to a brief item in the Shiner Gazette published January 9, 1901. He left a widow. She later collected $4,000 from the sheriff's bondsmen.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Shiner Gazette (reporters).