Name not reported

According to a Pleasantville Weekly Press editorial, in September 1897 a masked crowd of about four hundred took five people from the jail at Yerseilles, Indiana, and hanged them from nearby trees. The editorial said the killings were unlawful and also defended them. The people who died are described in the editorial only as the five held at the jail.

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 prisoner from the Yerseilles, Indiana jail and hanged him from a nearby tree.

Reported by: Pleasantville Weekly Press editorial (reporters).

Source

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