David Dunce

David Dunce died on January 28, 1888, when a mob took him from a jail and killed him, according to a brief item in The Citizen's weekly news roundup published February 4, 1888. He was being held in that jail when the mob took him. The item is the only account of his death cited here, and it does not name the jail, the county or the state.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief weekly news roundup reports that David Dunce was taken from jail and lynched in late January 1888, without naming the mob or saying whether officers resisted.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Citizen, February 4, 1888, page 3 The Citizen, February 4, 1888