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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Floyd County, Indiana

According to a brief December 1921 newspaper item, this person was one of four people held in the jail at New Albany, Indiana, who were taken out by a mob and killed. The item marks the killings as an anniversary and gives no names for any of the four. The mob took them from the jail where they were being held.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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