Died in jail or a lockup
Top Vickers
Top Vickers was held in the jail in Fort Worth, Texas, in December 1920. According to an Associated Press report, about 25 masked men overpowered the jailer shortly after midnight, took Vickers from the jail and drove him to a spot near the Samuels Avenue bridge. There, the men hanged him from a hackberry tree and fired several shots into his body before dispersing. The report describes the events as having gone largely unnoticed by the city, and no other account of the death is cited.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Associated Press report (reporters).