Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Gunson
Charles Gunson was held in the jail at Kokomo. According to a news dispatch from Indianapolis, a mob broke in, took him from the jail and hanged him on the night before the dispatch was written. The account was carried in the Sacramento Daily Record-Union in April 1882.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch from Indianapolis reports that a mob took Charles Gunson from a jail at Kokomo and hanged him.
Reported by: news dispatch from Indianapolis (reporters).