Died in jail or a lockup
John Talley
John Talley, an eighteen-year-old Black delivery wagon driver, was being held in the jail at Pittsburg, Texas. On the afternoon of November 7, 1913, a crowd broke into the jail with sledgehammers, took him to the courthouse yard and hanged him from a tree limb. He was killed by the mob, not by any court or officer.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.