Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A person held in the jail at Henderson was taken from their cell at night by a mob, which hanged them from a tree. The death occurred on July 11, 1882, and was reported in the Dallas Weekly Herald in a dispatch published July 20, 1882. The killing is recorded as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.