Died in jail or a lockup
One of 6 people whose names were not reported
Several men were being held in the jail at Versailles, Indiana, when a mob took them from the building and hanged them. According to the Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, the men were found strung up together on the morning of Wednesday, September 15, 1897. The paper reported the deaths in its issue of September 17, 1897.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took one of five white men held in the Versailles, Indiana jail at midnight and lynched him, according to the account.
Reported by: news reports.