Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
Three Black men held in the jail at Charleston, Indiana, were taken out at about 2 a.m. on November 17, 1871, by a mob of about 150 people in disguise, according to a dispatch from Indianapolis reprinted in The Placer Herald. The mob hanged them about half a mile from town. The dispatch does not name the men. It does not say whether the jail or county officials resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Indianapolis dispatch reprinted in The Placer Herald says a mob of about 150 disguised people took him from the Charleston jail and hanged him half a mile from town.
Reported by: Indianapolis dispatch reprinted in The Placer Herald (reporters).