Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Seymour, Indiana, was taken from the jail by a body of citizens and hanged from a beech tree near the town in 1871. He was one of four people taken from the jail and hanged from the same tree. According to Rev. H. L. Wayland, as quoted in the Independent, the tree stood near a house where one of the prisoners had been born, and he looked at the door of that house as he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Rev. H. L. Wayland, quoted in the Independent, says the person was hanged from a beech tree by a body of citizens after being taken from the jail.
Reported by: Rev. H. L. Wayland, quoted in the Independent.