Died in jail or a lockup
One of 9 people whose names were not reported
On the night of November 14, 1900, three people held in the jail at Jefferson, Texas were taken from it by a mob, according to The Age-Herald. Unidentified men overpowered the jailer and cut the telephone line so he could not reach the sheriff. The men then hanged the three people from the railroad bridge across Cypress Bayou. The paper reports the jailer was overpowered and the telephone line cut, and it describes the three only as people held in that jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.