Died in jail or a lockup
A J Lockle
A J Lockle was held in a jail in a Texas county in August 1885. According to a short report datelined Austin, a band of masked men broke into the jail during the night, took him out and hanged him from a postoak tree. The report attributes his death to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.