Died in jail or a lockup

Sim Garrett

died April 1890 · Texas

Sim Garrett was held in a jail in Texas in April 1890, alongside one other man. According to the Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle, a group took him from the jail at night and lynched him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A report says a group took Sim Garrett from a Texas town jail at night and lynched him.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle, April 25, 1890, page 2 Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle, April 25, 1890

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