Died in jail or a lockup
Irvine Grubb
Irvine Grubb was held in the jail at Pineville, Texas, when a mob took him from it and hanged him from a tree, according to a brief November 1885 item in The Warner Sun. The item is a short note in a column of news and does not describe the men who took him or say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.