Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A boy whose name is not recorded was held at a jail when, according to a brief in the Bryan Morning Eagle of October 17, 1903, a group of 190 men took him from the jail and hanged him. The boy was held in the custody of the jail, and the mob took him from it and killed him. The brief is the only account of his death that survives, and it contains no statement from the officials responsible for the jail or from his family.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Chronicling America newspaper brief (OCR text) (reporters).