Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An Associated Press dispatch in the San Antonio Daily Light of June 13, 1889 named the man as Jas. Dea van, though the surname is garbled in the scan. The dispatch reported that a mob took him from a jail on the night of June 12, 1889 and lynched him. The jail's name and whether its officers resisted the mob or handed him over are not stated in the account. Nothing else about who he was has been found.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Associated Press dispatch reports that a mob lynched the man after taking him from a jail.
Reported by: Associated Press dispatch (reporters).