Died in prison
Tom Lane
Tom Lane was held at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma. According to a January 20, 1914 report in The Richmond Virginian, on the afternoon of January 19, 1914, Lane and two other people held at the prison took keys and a gun from prison staff during an escape attempt. The report says all three were killed before they got off the prison farm.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The article reports he was killed during an afternoon escape attempt on the prison farm but does not say who shot him.
Reported by: news reporting in the 1914 article (reporters).