Died in jail or a lockup
Hurry Cook
Hurry Cook was held in the jail at Bryan when, according to The Dallas Daily Herald in July 1874, a mob of about two hundred men took them from the jail and hanged and shot them. The paper reported that seventy-three men were guarding the jail but could not prevent the mob from taking Hurry Cook.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.