Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a Des Moines despatch reprinted in the Daily National Intelligencer on July 4, 1866, a vigilance committee took three people from the jail at Newton, Iowa, in June 1866 and hanged them. The three were being held in that jail when the committee seized them. The despatch's account is the only source for these deaths, and it describes the killings as the work of the committee rather than of the jail's staff.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Des Moines despatch reprinted in the Daily National Intelligencer (reporters).