Died in jail or a lockup

Tom Early

died May 1922 · Texas

Tom Early was held in a jail in Texas in May 1922. The New York Herald reported that a mob of about 300 men gathered after news of an attack spread, took him from the jail and hanged him. He was a Black man, and his death was a lynching carried out while the state held him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The New York Herald, May 29, 1922, page 4 The New York Herald, May 29, 1922

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