Name not reported

Two people, whose names the sources do not give, were taken from a jailhouse by a mob in July 1937 and lynched within a stone's throw of a state capitol. Senator Robert F. Wagner, in a speech reported by The Gary American in 1938, said that the killings were treated by officials as carelessness, and that no state action followed beyond that remark. The jail and the response of its sheriff or jailers are not described in the report.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Senator Robert F. Wagner said two people were taken from a jailhouse by a mob in July 1937 and lynched near a state capitol, and that an official called it carelessness.

Reported by: Senator Robert F. Wagner.

Source

• The Gary American, July 8, 1938, page 7 The Gary American, July 8, 1938