Died in jail or a lockup
Dawson
Dawson was one of three men held in the jail at Charleston, West Virginia, when a mob of about 400 people took them out and hanged them, according to The Valley Virginian on January 27, 1876. The paper says the killing took place on January 25, 1876, at the spot where another man had been killed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.