Alston

Alston, a man held in a Texas jail, was taken from custody by a mob of friends of a Dr. Stewart and hanged, according to an 1880 account in The Wellington Enterprise. The article gives no date, jail name or location for the killing. Whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over is not stated.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A 1880 newspaper account says a mob of friends of a Dr. Stewart took Alston from a Texas jail and hanged him.

Reported by: 1880 newspaper account of a pistol's history (reporters).

Source

• The Wellington Enterprise, February 19, 1880, page 4 The Wellington Enterprise, February 19, 1880