Died in jail or a lockup
De Witt
According to a New Orleans dispatch reprinted in the Houston Daily Post in May 1896, a mob of armed men broke into a jail during the night and early the next morning. They forced the door, took a man named De Witt from his cell and killed him. The dispatch does not say how the jailers responded to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A New Orleans dispatch reprinted in the Houston Daily Post says a mob of armed men broke into a jail, took De Witt from his cell and killed him.
Reported by: New Orleans dispatch reprinted in the Houston Daily Post (reporters).