Died in custody
Name not reported
A mob took five men from law officers in Versailles, Indiana, and put them to death, according to a 1897 editorial in the Goldsboro Weekly Argus. The paper wrote that the mob also nearly killed the sheriff. The paper said there was no positive evidence against the men.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Goldsboro Weekly Argus (reporters).