Died in jail or a lockupUnder 18
Robert Murtore
Robert Murtore, a 13-year-old Black boy, was held in the jail at Ballinger, Texas. On November 30, 1921, according to the Laredo Weekly Times, the sheriff was moving him by automobile when a mob overtook the officer and seized him. The paper reported that the mob hanged him from a post about three miles from town and riddled his body with bullets.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob seized the 13-year-old from the sheriff's custody near Ballinger, Texas, hanged him from a post and shot him, according to the report.
Reported by: news reports.