Died in jail or a lockup
Lige Daniels
Lige Daniels, a Black man, was held in the jail at Center, Texas. On August 2, 1920, a mob estimated at about a thousand people broke into the jail, took him and hanged him from a tree on the courthouse square. Efforts to call out the local National Guard came too late to stop the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.