Died in jail or a lockup
Joe Trixdale
Joe Trixdale was held in a jail early on Saturday, November 10, 1883, when the Morristown Gazette reports that a mob of about two hundred people took him from it. The paper says the mob hanged him from a tree and then shot his body many times. Joe Trixdale was killed by the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Morristown Gazette reports a mob of about two hundred took him from jail, hanged him from a tree and shot his body many times.
Reported by: Morristown Gazette (reporters).