Died in jail or a lockup
Cud Walker
Cud Walker, a Black man, was held in a jail near Mannford, Oklahoma. On December 2, 1911, according to a Tulsa dispatch printed in the Arizona Republican, a mob took him from a deputy sheriff at the jail door and hanged him from a tree. The dispatch says he was first fatally wounded in a battle with a group of citizens. It also says his body was riddled with bullets, dragged through the streets, and left to await the coroner.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Tulsa dispatch reports that a mob took Cud Walker from a deputy sheriff at the jail door and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Tulsa dispatch (historical newspaper account) (reporters).