Died in jail or a lockup
One of 3 people whose names were not reported
According to the Richmond Daily Register, a mob of about five hundred people burned three Black men to death at the stake near Kirvin, Texas, in the early hours of May 6, 1922. The mob took two of the men from a jail. It took the third from sheriff's custody as he was being moved to safety.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched