Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a brief in the Cambria Freeman published April 29, 1869, one of two Black preachers held in a Texas jail was taken from the jail by a mob on Tuesday, April 27, and hanged. The brief does not name the person or give their age. It does not say whether the jail's officers or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up keys, or handed the person over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Cambria Freeman brief says a mob took one of two Black preachers from a Texas jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Cambria Freeman (reporters).