Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man named Russell, whose first name is unclear in the surviving newspaper text, was brought to the Longview jail from Mineola for safekeeping after he was badly wounded. He died of those wounds at about 7:30 p.m. on July 25, 1911. The Waxahachie Daily Light reported that a large group of citizens from Mineola and Wood County arrived intending to storm the jail and take him. He died before the group could reach him.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The newspaper reports he died of his wounds.
Reported by: Longview newspaper report (1911) (reporters).