Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A crowd broke into the Jefferson jail in Texas, overpowered the jailer, and cut the telephone line so he could not reach the sheriff, then took three men from the jail and hanged them from a railroad bridge across Cypress Bayou. The Greene County Herald reported this on November 23, 1900. The jailer's resistance, if any, is not described in the account. The men's names, ages and other details are not given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.