Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Panola County, Texas

A man held in the Carthage, Texas jail was taken from custody in March 1888, when about four hundred men broke into the building. The mob took him to the jail yard and hanged him from a tree limb, and the Springfield Daily Republic reported that his neck was broken.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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