Died in jail or a lockup
Ike Hubbard
Ike Hubbard, a Black man, was held in the jail at Whitney, Texas, in June 1884. A Daily Kennebec Journal report published June 25, 1884, says about 75 masked men took him from the jail on the night of Tuesday, June 24, and lynched him. A later account in The Iowa Plain Dealer, published July 3, 1884, says the vigilantes also mutilated his body. Neither report says whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report says about 75 masked men took Ike Hubbard from the Whitney, Texas jail on a Tuesday night and lynched him, and the report does not say whether jail officers resisted.
Reported by: news reports.