Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to the Staunton Spectator, about fifty men entered the jail at Spencer, Indiana, at about 1 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, 1891. The person was being held at the jail when the mob took them and hanged them to the cell door. The killing took place inside the jail, where the person was in the custody of its staff.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.