Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
A person held in the jail at Mayaville was taken out by a mob on July 2, 1883, and lynched, according to a brief wire report published in The Dallas Weekly Herald. The report gives no name for the person, so their identity and background remain unknown. It does not describe how the mob entered the jail or whether jail officers resisted or handed the person over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.