Died in jail or a lockup
Gus Finley
Gus Finley, a Black man, was held in the Morris County jail in Texas. In the early hours of Saturday, May 17, 1913, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him on a public road about three miles north of Daingerfield. The sheriff found his body about 8 o'clock that morning, riddled with bullets.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.