Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man was being held in a jail in a Texas town in August 1880. According to a newspaper report reprinted by the Marietta Journal, on Tuesday, August 24, 1880, forty masked men overpowered the guards, took him from the jail and lynched him. He is not named in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report reprinted by the Marietta Journal says forty masked men overpowered the jail guards, took the man from the jail and lynched him.
Reported by: unnamed newspaper report reprinted by the Marietta Journal (reporters).