Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In June 1866, according to a Des Moines despatch reprinted in the Daily National Intelligencer, a vigilance committee took three people from the jail at Newton, Iowa, and hanged them. The despatch gives no names for the three. It does not say how the jailer or sheriff responded to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Des Moines despatch reprinted in the Daily National Intelligencer (reporters).