Died in jail or a lockup
William Watkins
William Watkins was held in the jail at Aurora, Indiana, in August 1886. According to a dispatch from Aurora printed in the Delaware Gazette and State Journal, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from the shafting of a local distillery. A second report from Aurora, printed in the Savannah Morning News, describes the same hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took William Watkins from the Aurora, Indiana jail and hanged him from the shafting of a distillery, according to the Delaware Gazette and State Journal citing a dispatch.
Reported by: Delaware Gazette and State Journal, citing a dispatch (reporters).