Died in jail or a lockup
Jack Simmons
Jack Simmons was held in the Newton County jail in Texas when, according to a brief item in The New Orleans Daily Democrat of May 13, 1879, a group of masked men took him from the jail and shot him to death. The item does not give the date of the killing or say whether jail officers resisted the men or handed him over. No response from local officials is reported.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief newspaper item reports that masked men took Jack Simmons from the Newton County, Texas jail and shot him to death.
Reported by: news reports.