Died in jail or a lockup
Douglass
Douglass was held in the jail at Jefferson. According to a Jefferson dispatch carried in the Galveston report, about 150 horsemen surrounded the jail late at night, overpowered a deputy sheriff and guards who tried to resist, unlocked his cell and took him away on horseback. His body was found the next morning about two miles from the city, hanging from a tree with four bullet holes through his head.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Jefferson special dispatch published in the Galveston report (reporters).