Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two young men were held in the Waverly jail when, on June 8, 1883, a mob reported to have come from Fayette County broke in. According to a news dispatch from Waverly published in the Custer Chronicle, the crowd broke the jail doors with sledgehammers and took the two men out with ropes around their necks. They were hanged from a tree about half a mile east of the jail. The sheriff was reported to have refused to give up the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch from Waverly says a mob from Fayette County broke into the Waverly jail, took the two men out and hanged them from a tree; the sheriff reportedly refused to give up the keys.
Reported by: news dispatch from Waverly (reporters).