Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a September 1897 editorial in The Semi-Weekly Messenger, five people were taken from a jail in Indiana by a mob and hanged. The editorial gives no names, ages, dates or county for the victims. It does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the people over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Semi-Weekly Messenger editorial says a mob hanged five people taken from a jail in Indiana.
Reported by: The Semi-Weekly Messenger editorial (reporters).