Died in jail or a lockup
Coke Mills
Coke Mills, a Black man, was held in the city jail at Rosebud, Texas, on the evening of December 20, 1909. Within about an hour of his being placed in the jail, a mob of roughly fifty men broke in, took him out, and hanged him from the tower of the fire department headquarters. His body was still hanging later that night. An inquest was expected the next morning.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.