Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In November 1893, Seymour, Indiana, newspapers reported that a mob stormed the Seymour jail at daylight, where a young man was being held. The mob took him about a mile and a half west of town and hanged him from a tree. One report said he was one of three young men taken from the jail that morning.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob stormed the Seymour jail at daylight, took a young man about a mile and a half west of town and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: news reports.