Name not reported

According to an 1885 reminiscence of Johnson County events, a mob took two men from the jail at Franklin and hanged them. The account was printed in the Indianapolis Sentinel on March 30, 1885. Both men were held in the jail when the mob took them, and the deaths are attributed to the mob rather than to any official act.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took two men held in the jail at Franklin and hanged them, according to an 1885 reminiscence; the account does not say how jail staff responded.

Reported by: 1885 reminiscence of Johnson County events (reporters).

Source

• The Indianapolis Sentinel, March 30, 1885, page 4 The Indianapolis Sentinel, March 30, 1885