Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Henrietta, Texas, was taken out by a mob and hanged on February 19, 1886, according to a short dispatch in the Savannah Morning News. His name is not legible in the surviving text, and nothing about him as a person is recorded. The mob killed him after taking him from the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Savannah Morning News dispatch from Henrietta, Texas says a mob hanged the man after taking him from the jail.
Reported by: Savannah Morning News (reporters).