Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
One of four people held at the jail in Seymour, Indiana, was taken from the jail and hanged from a beech tree near the town by a body of citizens. Rev. H. L. Wayland, whose account was quoted in the Independent and reprinted in the Worcester Daily Spy in November 1871, said the four were hanged from the tree. The person's name and other details of their life are 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.