Died in jail or a lockup
Hud Walker
Hud Walker, a Black man, was held at the Tulsa jail in Oklahoma in December 1911. According to a telephone message from Manford reported in the Albuquerque Morning Journal, a mob took him from a deputy sheriff, hanged him from a tree and shot his body. Earlier that week he had been wounded in a fight with a posse near Manford.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Hud Walker from a deputy sheriff at the Tulsa jail, hanged him from a tree and shot his body, according to a telephone message from Manford reported in the dispatch.
Reported by: telephone message from Manford reported in the dispatch (reporters).