Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
The man's name is not given in the July 1910 editorial in The Jeffersonian. According to that account, a mob took him from the jail in Newark, Ohio, where he was being held, beat and kicked him, and lynched him in a public square. The editorial does not say whether jail staff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper editorial says a mob took the man from the Newark, Ohio jail, beat and kicked him, and lynched him in a public square.
Reported by: newspaper editorial.