Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man, the brother of a person named Jeffreys, was held at the jail in Meridian when a mob took him from the jail and hanged him in August 1874, according to a Dallas newspaper printed in July 1875. His own name is not recorded in that account. The paper does not say whether the jailers resisted the mob or handed over the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Texas newspaper printed in July 1875 reported that a mob took the brother of a man named Jeffreys from the Meridian jail and hanged him.
Reported by: Texas newspaper (July 1875) (reporters).