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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died June 8, 1883 · Black Hawk County, Iowa

The second of the Barber brothers was taken by a mob from the jail in Waterloo, Iowa, on the night of Friday, June 8, 1883, and killed. The bodies were taken from the jail and buried the following night. A coroner's inquest had begun but had not been completed when the report was published.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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