Died in jail or a lockup
Jack Crews
Jack Crews was held in the jail at Gainesville, Texas, and was being taken to Fort Worth for safekeeping. According to a news dispatch datelined April 15, 1894, a mob got ahead of the officers at Whitesboro and took Crews from them, and he was lynched. The dispatch does not say how the officers responded to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch from Gainesville, Texas reports that a mob got ahead of the officers at Whitesboro, took Crews from them and lynched him.
Reported by: news dispatch (Gainesville, Tex., April 15) (reporters).