Died in jail or a lockup
Joe Norman
Joe Norman, a Black man, was one of five people taken from the jail at Elkhart, Texas, by a mob on the morning of June 21, 1885, according to The Hickman Courier. The mob hanged him from a tree. The jail officials were powerless to stop them, the paper reported.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Elkhart jail officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.