Died in jail or a lockup
Sank Majors
Sank Majors, also reported as Bank Majors, was a Black man held in the courthouse jail in Waco, Texas. In the early morning of August 8, 1905, about 600 mounted citizens surrounded the courthouse and jail and took the sheriff, the jailer and the deputies into custody. The crowd broke open the jail, removed him and hanged him from the new bridge. Newspaper accounts of the time report that he was killed by a mob while held in custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 600 mounted citizens took the sheriff, jailer and deputies into custody, broke open the Waco jail and hanged Sank Majors from the new bridge.
Reported by: news reports.