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In September 1897, a Pleasantville Weekly Press editorial reported that a masked crowd of about four hundred took five people held in the jail at Yerseilles, Indiana, out of it and hanged them from nearby trees. The editorial placed all five in the jail's custody before the crowd came for them. The paper called the killings unlawful but defended them.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Pleasantville Weekly Press editorial says a masked crowd of about four hundred took five people held in the Yerseilles, Indiana jail and hanged them from nearby trees.

Reported by: Pleasantville Weekly Press editorial (reporters).

Source

• Pleasantville Weekly Press, September 22, 1897, page 2 Pleasantville Weekly Press, September 22, 1897