Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to the New Ulm Weekly Review of May 27, 1891, a Black man named Jennings was being taken to jail near Evansville, Indiana. A mob took him from the officers escorting him and killed him. The paper's account places his death in the custody of those officers while he was on the way to the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.