Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In December 1868, according to a short newspaper item, a mob took three or four men from a jail in Indiana and hanged them. The men were held at the jail when the mob took them. The item is the only account, so the men's names and the town and county where it happened are unknown from this source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.