Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died March 10, 1886 · Martin County, Indiana

Early on March 10, 1886, a mob took people identified only as "the Archers" from the county jail at Shoals, Indiana, where they had been held for several weeks. The mob lynched them. The Alexandria Gazette report named them only as "the Archers."

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

News report

Alexandria Gazette, March 10, 1886, page 2 Alexandria Gazette, March 10, 1886

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