Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man surnamed White, whose first name is garbled in the newspaper text, was being held in the jail at Olney, Illinois, in August 1872. According to a St. Louis newspaper dispatch, a large crowd of men broke into the jail on the morning of Tuesday, August 20, took him out and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A St. Louis newspaper dispatch from Olney, Illinois reports that a mob broke into the jail, took the man out and hanged him from a tree in the courthouse yard.
Reported by: St. Louis newspaper special dispatch from Olney (reporters).