Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1871, a person held in the Seymour jail in Indiana was taken from the jail by a body of citizens and hanged from a beech tree near the town, according to the Rev. H. L. Wayland, quoted in the Independent. The same account says four people were taken from the jail and hanged from that tree. The person's name is not given in the account.
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 the jail.
Reported by: Rev. H. L. Wayland, quoted in the Independent.