Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Shelton
Chas. Shelton was one of three men held in a Missouri jail whose deaths were reported in a Daily Kennebec Journal dispatch of March 10, 1882. According to that account, masked men took the men out of the jail and hanged them from trees on March 7, 1882. The dispatch does not describe the jail staff's actions during the taking, so whether they resisted the mob or gave up the men is unknown from this source. The account's description of why the men were held is left out here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Chas. Shelton was reported hanged to trees by masked men after being taken from a jail, and the account does not say whether jail staff resisted the mob or gave up the men.
Reported by: news reports.