Died in jail or a lockup
Q. H. Barton
Q. H. Barton was held in an Alabama jail in February 1882, according to the Omaha Daily Bee. The paper reports that about fifty masked men entered the town at night, went to the sheriff's house and demanded the jail keys. They took Barton from his cell, put him on a horse and rode him about three-quarters of a mile south, where they hanged him from a tree, and his body was found the next morning.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about fifty masked men took Barton from his jail cell after demanding the keys from the sheriff, then hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: the account of the mob hanging (historical newspaper report) (reporters).