Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three people held at the jail in Brownstown, Indiana, were taken from it by a mob and hanged. The killings were reported in a single line in the news column of the Litchfield Enquirer on July 23, 1868. The three were in the jail's custody when the mob took them out and killed them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news column.