Died in jail or a lockup
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson, a Black man, was held in the jail at Elkhart, Texas, on June 21, 1885, when an excited mob came to the jail on the morning of that day. According to The Hickman Courier, the mob took him and four others from the jail and hanged him from a tree. The paper reported that the jail officials were powerless to stop the mob. The account is a newspaper report from 1885 and does not say whether the jailers resisted or gave up the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Andrew Jackson from the Elkhart, Texas jail and hanged him from a tree, and the jail officials were powerless to stop it.
Reported by: news reports.