Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A telegraph report in the New-York Tribune of February 27, 1881, under the headline 'Taken from jail and hanged,' says a person held in the jail at Galveston, Texas, was seized by a mob and hanged there on February 26, 1881. The person's name, age, and identity are not given in the account. Whether jail officers resisted, gave up the keys, or handed the person over is not stated.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.