Terrence Earl Barlow
Terrence Earl Barlow, 40, worked to keep families from being evicted, and he told reporters he would rather be free to help stop more evictions. He died at the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth in August 1933, the day after another person held there beat him, and the accounts say guards watched the beating. The county examiner attributed his death to a blood clot caused by a one-inch crack in his skull, possibly from that beating. Barlow's friends and relatives paid for their own examination, which they said found signs of torture and beatings. Over 1,000 people attended his funeral on Labor Day 1933.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (disputed; neglect alleged). The county examiner attributed the death to a blood clot from a skull crack, possibly from a beating by another inmate, while his family's private examination found signs of torture and beatings, and the account says guards watched the beating.
Reported by: county examiner; Barlow's friends and relatives (family or their lawyers).