Died in jail or a lockup
Gleason
Gleason, a man held in an Iowa jail in July 1857, was one of two men taken from the jail by a group calling itself the Regulators and hanged from a tree, according to the Tipton Advertiser as reprinted in the Daily Dispatch. The paper reported that he remained calm before the hanging and wrote a letter to his mother. It also said he jumped from the wagon before he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Tipton Advertiser, as reprinted in the Daily Dispatch, reports that a group calling itself the Regulators took Gleason from a jail in Iowa and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Tipton Advertiser (as reprinted in the Daily Dispatch) (reporters).