Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A young Black boy held in a jail after a shooting at Castlewood was taken from the jail by a crowd of citizens on Saturday night, June 7, 1884, and hanged, according to the Waco Daily Examiner of June 12, 1884. The paper gave no name or age for him. The jail's keeper or sheriff is not named in the report, so it is not reported who held him or whether those responsible resisted the crowd, gave up the keys or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.