Died in jail or a lockup
One of 12 people whose names were not reported
A Black man was one of three men held in the Marshall, Texas jail when a mob came for them in the early morning of April 30, 1909. According to the Palestine Daily Herald, the mob reached the jail about 2 a.m., took the men out and hanged them, after the militia that had been guarding the jail was withdrawn. His name is not recorded in the account. The paper does not say whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.