Died in jail or a lockup
Commodore Jones
Commodore Jones, a Black man, was held in the jail in Farmersville, Texas. On the night of August 11, 1911, a mob took him from the jail, according to a wire report published in the Jefferson Jimplecute on August 18, 1911. The report says the mob forced him to climb a telephone pole, put a rope around his neck and told him to jump, and that he was strangled to death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Commodore Jones from the Farmersville, Texas, jail and hanged him from a telephone pole, according to a short wire report.
Reported by: short wire report.