Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held at the jail in Charles City, Iowa, was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to a brief item in The Forrest City Times published on January 3, 1908. The item does not give his name. The date of the death and the details of the lynching come from a single short digest item.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.