Died in jail or a lockup
Evan Shelley
Evan Shelley was held in the jail at Louisville. According to a brief telegram printed in the San Antonio Daily Light on June 9, 1891, a mob took Evan Shelley from the jail and lynched them. The killing is reported as a lynching carried out at Louisville, and the telegram names the mob as the people who took Evan Shelley from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.