Al Lockie
Al Lockie was held in the jail at Blanco, Texas, when, according to a San Antonio dispatch and a stage driver's account carried by the Austin press, a band of masked men overpowered the sheriff and took the keys from his person. The mob took Lockie from the jail to a nearby grove and hanged him from a tree on August 26, 1885. Sheriff Jackson said he did not have the keys and could not get them. The accounts differ on how many men took part and on whether the sheriff was overpowered.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). An Austin dispatch citing a stage driver and a San Antonio dispatch say a masked mob overpowered Sheriff Jackson at the Blanco jail and hanged Al Lockie from a tree, while Sheriff Jackson said he did not have the keys and could not get them; the dispatches differ on the number of attackers and on whether the sheriff was overpowered.
Reported by: Sheriff Jackson (the agency that held him); Austin dispatch citing a stage driver (reporters); San Antonio dispatch (reporters).