Jim Keddiek

Jim Keddiek was one of three men taken from the jail at Bryan, Texas, on the night of June 17, 1896, and hanged by a mob, according to The Union Times. The paper does not say how the jail was entered or whether the jailer resisted or handed the men over. The spelling of his name comes from old newspaper text and may be inaccurate.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Union Times reported that a mob took Jim Keddiek from the jail at Bryan, Texas, and hanged him.

Reported by: The Union Times (reporters).

Source

• The Union Times, June 19, 1896, page 6 The Union Times, June 19, 1896