Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A person held at the Cross Plains jail in Indiana was one of five people a masked mob took from their cells on the night of September 14, 1897, and killed. According to testimony at a preliminary hearing in 1898, as reported by the Indianapolis Journal, the guards offered no resistance and the prisoners were dragged out of their cells. The person's name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Testimony at a 1898 preliminary hearing says a masked mob took the prisoners from the jail cells while guards offered no resistance.
Reported by: testimony at a 1898 preliminary hearing (witnesses).