Indiana General Assembly. Documentary Journal of Indiana 1900 (Volume 1900 Vol 1), p. 19, available online at http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/indiana-general-assembly/documentary-j ournal-of-indiana-1900-volume-1900-vol-i-idn/page-119-documentary-journal-of -indiana-1900-volume-1900-vol-i-idn.shtml At Scottsburg, Marion Tyler was lynched on the 24th day of December, 1898. At Rockport Jim Henderson and Bud Rowland were lynched on the 16th day of December, 1900, and the next day at Boonville Joe Holla was lynched. Marion Tyler was lynched because he shot his wife, not fatally. Henderson and Rowland were lynched for the reason that they were charged with the murder of H. S. Simons on the morning of the 16th of December, 1900. Tyler was taken out of the jail in the presence of the sheriff and his family, taken to the public square and hung to a tree, the lynchers leaving for their homes shortly afterwards. I spent a great deal of time in Scott county attempting to ascertain those who did the lynching, and while the names of those who committed the crime were reasonably well known, it has so far been impossible to obtain an indictment in that county for lack of evidence to warrant same. The state has no right to take a change of venue. Suit was brought in the United States circuit court at Indianapolis by the father of Marion Tyler, as administrator of his estate, said parent being a resident of the state of Illinois. The widow testified that she did not claim any damage ; that she was quite willing to be rid of her husband, and, as there were no children to be benefited, the jury returned a verdict of five dollars.