Died in custody
Name not reported
Five men were taken from law officers in Versailles, Indiana, by a mob and killed, according to a September 1897 editorial in the Goldsboro Weekly Argus. The paper said the mob also nearly killed the sheriff. It wrote that there was no positive evidence against the men. No names are given in the account, and the editorial does not say whether the sheriff or jailer resisted, gave up keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Goldsboro Weekly Argus editorial (reporters).