Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Kerr County, Texas

According to a Houston dispatch printed in The New York Herald on June 25, 1874, one of four people was taken from the jail in Kerr County, Texas, and hanged. The dispatch is dated June 24, 1874.

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

Reported by: Houston dispatch printed in a June 1874 newspaper (reporters).

Source

The New York Herald, June 25, 1874, page 7 The New York Herald, June 25, 1874

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