Name not reported

Five people held in the jail at Yerseilles, Indiana, were taken from it in September 1897 by a masked crowd of about four hundred, according to a Pleasantville Weekly Press editorial. The crowd hanged them from nearby trees. 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 the prisoner from the Yerseilles, Indiana jail and hanged him 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