Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Dabney
Charles Dabney was held in the jail at Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia. According to a dispatch from Wheeling citing information from Princeton, a mob of about 300 men broke into the jail on Monday night, March 10, 1890, took him out and shot him to death. The dispatch says no one was prosecuted for the killing, which it attributes to the public generally approving of it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Wheeling dispatch citing authentic information from Princeton says a mob of about 300 men broke into the Princeton jail, took Dabney out and shot him to death.
Reported by: Wheeling dispatch citing authentic information from Princeton (reporters).