Died in custody
Name not reported
Three people were hanged from a beech tree in Seymour, Indiana, after a body of citizens took them from a train that was bound for the county jail. Rev. H. L. Wayland, quoted in the Independent, said the three were hanged by the group in the same way as an earlier group of people. The Worcester Daily Spy published this account on November 18, 1871.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Rev. H. L. Wayland, quoted in the Independent, says a body of citizens hanged the person from a beech tree after taking them from a train bound for the county jail.
Reported by: Rev. H. L. Wayland, quoted in the Independent.