Name not reported

According to a Pleasantville Weekly Press editorial published September 22, 1897, one of five people held in the jail at Yerseilles, Indiana, was killed in September 1897 when a masked crowd of about four hundred took them from the jail that night and hanged them from nearby trees. The same editorial describes the crowd as taking all five people from the jail. The editorial called the killing unlawful but defended it.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Pleasantville Weekly Press editorial says a masked crowd of about four hundred took the prisoners from 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