Died in jail or a lockup
Jesse Walker
Jesse Walker was held in the jail at Hempstead, Texas, when a mob took him from his cell on the night of September 4, 1902, and lynched him, according to a short wire dispatch printed in The Wichita Daily Eagle. The dispatch does not say how the mob got into the jail or whether the jailer or sheriff resisted, gave up the keys or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.