Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A mob took seven men from the jail at Fort Mason, Texas, in March 1893, according to a Texas newspaper report, and one of them was hanged from a tree. The account, as recounted by Capt. A. W. Barrett to a Washington Star reporter, says the mob took the group from the jail where they were being held.
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 men from the Fort Mason jail and hanged them.
Reported by: Capt. A. W. Barrett, recounting 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.