Died in custody
Name not reported
Three men were being taken by train to the county jail at Seymour, Indiana, in the custody of officers escorting them. A body of citizens stopped the train. According to Rev. H. L. Wayland, quoted in the Independent, the crowd removed the men from the cars and hanged them from a beech tree about two miles west of Seymour.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Rev. H. L. Wayland, quoted in the Independent, says a body of citizens stopped the train carrying the men to the county jail and hanged them from a beech tree.
Reported by: Rev. H. L. Wayland, quoted in the Independent.