Died in jail or a lockup
Jerry Leet
Jerry Leet was held in the jail at San Augustine, Texas, in April 1890, together with Sim Garrett. According to The Daily State Chronicle, a mob took the two men from the jail at night. The mob hanged them from hooks in front of a butcher shop, which it used as an improvised gallows. Jerry Leet was killed in the lynching.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A dispatch reports that a mob took Jerry Leet and Sim Garrett from the San Augustine, Texas jail at night and lynched them.
Reported by: news reports.