Died in jail or a lockup
Curly Hackney
Curly Hackney, whose home was in Atlanta, Georgia, had his right leg crippled by a recent gunshot wound. He was being held in the jail in Waco, Texas, when, according to a 1922 report in The Snowflake Herald, a mob of about 300 people took him from the jail and hanged him. The report says he asked the crowd to tie his hands so he would not fight the rope, and asked that no one shoot his body. Whether jail staff resisted the mob or handed him over is not stated in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 300 people took Curly Hackney from the Waco, Texas jail and hanged him, according to this report.
Reported by: news reports.