Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob took a Black person from a jail in Texas and hanged them on November 15, 1900, according to a chronology of 1900 lynchings published in the Perrysburg Journal on January 4, 1901. The chronology reports that three Black people were taken from the jail and hanged, and this entry concerns one of them. The name of the person and the town where the jail stood are not legible in the scan.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Chronicling America newspaper chronology of 1900 lynchings (reporters).