Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Seven men were taken from the jail at Fort Mason, Texas, by a mob in March 1893. Capt. A. W. Barrett, as recounted to a Washington Star reporter, said that a third man from the group was dead. He said the mob hanged that man, along with the others, from a tree after taking him from the jail cells.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Capt. A. W. Barrett, recounting to a Washington Star reporter, said a mob took the man from the Fort Mason jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Capt. A. W. Barrett, recounted to a Washington Star reporter (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.