Died in jail or a lockup
Carlos Munoz
Carlos Munoz was being taken by officers to the Lockhart jail when a mob ambushed them on the road near Dale, Caldwell County, Texas, on February 16, 1905. The officers said they ran out of ammunition while trying to defend him, and the mob hanged him from a tree. A Houston dispatch printed in the San Antonio Daily Light reported that the mob shot him to death instead.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). A Houston dispatch reported he was shot to death by the mob, while the officers said the mob hanged him from a tree after they ran out of ammunition defending him.
Reported by: the officers escorting him to the Lockhart jail (the agency that held him); a Houston dispatch (reporters).