Died in jail or a lockup
Ed Statum
In January 1885 the Panola Weekly Star reported that a mob took Ed Statum from a jail and killed him. He was held in that jail when the mob reached him, and the newspaper item named no other details of how it happened. The accusation the paper printed against him is not repeated here.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Panola Weekly Star (reporters).