Died in jail or a lockup
Dave Newton
Dave Newton was held in a jail in the Brookshire area of Texas when a mob took him and hanged him, according to a September 1908 newspaper report. The account describes the death as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The article reports that a mob took Dave Newton from a jail and hanged him, but it does not name the jail or say whether officers resisted.
Reported by: the news article.