Died in custody
Name not reported
In 1871 a man was one of three men being carried by train to the county jail at Seymour, Indiana. A body of citizens stopped the train, removed the men from the cars, and hanged them from a beech tree about two miles west of Seymour, according to the Rev. H. L. Wayland, as quoted in the Independent. The account was reprinted in the Worcester Daily Spy in November 1871.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Rev. H. L. Wayland, quoted in the Independent, said a body of citizens stopped the train carrying the men to the county jail, took them off the cars and hanged them from a beech tree.
Reported by: Rev. H. L. Wayland, quoted in the Independent.