Victim: Thomas Boyd
Perpetrators: [Lynch Mob]
Date of Incident: 1878-08-20
Location of Incident: Johnson Township (Ripley County)
On August 20, 1878, Thomas Boyd was shot 15 times by a lynch mob that broke into his jail cell in Versailles, IN, where he was being held for raping the young daughter of one of the mob members in Moores Hill, IN.
Although the murder took place outside of the Indiana’s Gore region, it is included here because the crime for which the lynch mob sought vengeance occurred in Dearborn County.
Sources
The Lawrenceburg Press (1878, May 30). Moore’s Hill. The Lawrenceburg Press, 3.
The Lawrenceburg Press (1878, June 6). Arrest of Tom Boyd at St. Louis. The Lawrenceburg Press, 3.
The Lawrenceburg Press (1878, June 13). Tom Boyd. The Lawrenceburg Press, 3.
The Aurora Journal (1878, June 13). Cochran. The Aurora Journal, 3.
The Dearborn County Register (1878, June 20). Tom Boyd, the rapist. The Dearborn County Register, 3.
The Lawrenceburg Press (1878, August 22). [Untitled]. The Lawrenceburg Press, 3.