Died in jail or a lockup
Samuel Brown
Sam Brown was held in the jail at Lockhart, Texas. According to a special dispatch from Lockhart carried by several newspapers, a group of masked men took him from the jail around midnight on Sunday, January 20, 1884, and shot him to death. The dispatch said his body was badly mangled.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Lockhart newspaper dispatch reports that a masked mob took Sam Brown from the town jail around midnight on January 20, 1884, and shot him to death.
Reported by: Special dispatch from Lockhart, as reported in the Galveston newspaper (reporters); A special to the News from Lockhart (reporters); 1884 newspaper news column item on the Lockhart jail (reporters).
Sources (7)
- The Indianapolis Journal, January 22, 1884, page 2
- Savannah Morning News, January 23, 1884, page 1
- Daily Kennebec Journal, January 23, 1884, page 2
- San Marcos Free Press, January 24, 1884, page 3
- Indian Chieftain, January 24, 1884, page 1
- The Democratic Advocate, January 26, 1884, page 2
- Gloucester County Democrat, January 31, 1884, page 4