Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was held in the Hancock County jail in Indiana, according to an Indianapolis Journal court report published November 25, 1897, which describes events about twenty years earlier. The paper reports that a mob took him from the jail and hanged him at the old fair grounds. The article gives no name, no exact date, and no account of whether jail staff resisted the mob, gave up keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob reportedly took him from the Hancock county jail and hanged him at the old fair grounds.
Reported by: Indianapolis Journal court report (1897) (reporters).