Died in jail or a lockup
Joe
Joe was held in a jail at Perea, California, according to a dispatch from Denison, Texas, published in The Times (New Orleans) and reprinted in The Rock Island Argus. The dispatch says a band of masked men took Joe from the jail on Sunday night and hanged them. Joe's death is recorded as a lynching from custody, on 1881-01-30.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Denison, Texas dispatch published in The Times (New Orleans) says a band of masked men took Joe from the jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Denison, Texas dispatch published in The Times (New Orleans) (reporters).