Died in jail or a lockup
Aaron Bean
Aaron Bean, a Black man, was killed on October 3, 1888, in the Jasper area of Texas. According to a newspaper dispatch datelined Galveston, he was in the custody of a sheriff's officer on the way to the jail when a mob formed and took him from the officer. The dispatch reports that the mob killed him. The account comes from a single short dispatch, which is garbled in places and was not confirmed by any official source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper dispatch datelined Galveston says a mob took Aaron Bean from a sheriff's officer on the way to the jail and riddled him with bullets.
Reported by: newspaper dispatch datelined Galveston, Texas (reporters).