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Died in jail or a lockup

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died July 8, 1910 · Licking County Justice Center, Licking County, Ohio

A mob seized an unnamed man from the jail in Newark, Ohio, on the evening of July 8, 1910, and lynched him. According to the state's closing argument at the trial of Lewis J. Bolton, Bolton had set the mob in motion before it reached the jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The state's prosecution, in the trial report, says a mob seized a man from the Newark jail and lynched him.

Reported by: Ohio state prosecution, as described in the trial report.

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