Died in jail or a lockup
Henry Scott
Henry Scott, a Black man, was held in the custody of the sheriff in Jefferson, Texas. According to a wire dispatch printed in The Morning Call on May 17, 1894, a mob of about a hundred people took him from the sheriff and hanged him on May 16, 1894. The sheriff's response to the mob is not stated in that report, so it remains unknown.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A wire dispatch reports that a mob of about a hundred people took Henry Scott from the sheriff and hanged him in Jefferson, Texas.
Reported by: newspaper report (wire dispatch) (reporters).