Sim Garrett
Sim Garrett was held in the San Augustine jail in Texas when, according to a Huntsville Gazette report published April 26, 1890, a mob took him from the jail at night and lynched him, a death the report dates to April 25, 1890. A separate wire item in The Evening Bulletin says he was taken from the jail together with Jerry Teel and lynched, and it names no one who took them. Neither account says whether the jailer or other officers resisted the mob, gave up the keys or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Huntsville Gazette report says a mob took Sim Garrett from the San Augustine jail at night and lynched him, and a brief wire item says the same of him and Jerry Teel.
Reported by: Huntsville Gazette (reporters); wire item.