Name not reported
A mob took one of two young men held in the jail at Waverley, Iowa, from the jail around 11:30 at night on June 8, 1883, according to a Waverley dispatch reprinted in the Salt Lake Herald. The dispatch says the mob hanged him from a tree about half a mile east of the jail. It says the sheriff refused to give up the keys, and that the mob battered down the doors with sledgehammers before bringing the men out. The man's name is not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Waverley special dispatch reprinted in the Salt Lake Herald says a mob took one of two young men from the Waverley jail and hanged him after the sheriff refused to give up the keys.
Reported by: Waverley special dispatch reprinted in the Salt Lake Herald (reporters).