Died in jail or a lockup
Joe Durfee
Jim Durfee, a Black man who is named Joe Durfee in one newspaper account, was held in the jail at Angleton, Texas. On October 14, 1914, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him from a tree just outside town. Newspaper accounts report that the jail officers were overpowered and tied up, so they could not stop the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: historical newspaper account of the Angleton jail lynching (reporters).