Died in custody
Charles Coon
Charles Coon was held under guard at neighbors' houses in Jackson County, West Virginia, after a posse arrested him. On a Sunday night in October 1887, about three hundred masked men took him from the officers and hanged him from a tree. The Indianapolis Journal, which reported the killing on October 19, 1887, said a confession he made on the way was to be received with doubt.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about three hundred masked men took Charles Coon from the officers guarding him and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: The Journal (reporters).