Died in jail or a lockup
Abraham Übers
Abraham Übers was held at the jail in Genoa when a crowd broke in, took him out and hanged him, according to a one-line telegraph item in the San Antonio Daily Light published on December 8, 1897. The item does not say who led the crowd or whether jail officers resisted or handed over the keys. It also gives no date for the killing beyond the publication date, and no other account of his life or death was found.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A one-line telegraph item in the San Antonio Daily Light says a crowd took Abraham Übers from the jail at Genoa and hanged him.
Reported by: San Antonio Daily Light (reporters).