Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Kokomo, Indiana, was taken from it by a mob of citizens and hanged, according to a brief dispatch printed in the Alexandria Gazette. The hanging is dated May 29, 1863, in the paper's report published the following day. The account gives no further details about the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Alexandria Gazette (reporters).