Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three men held at the Jefferson jail in Texas were taken from it in 1900 by a crowd that overpowered the jailer and cut the telephone line so he could not reach the sheriff. The men were hanged from a railroad bridge across Cypress Bayou, according to the Greene County Herald, which is the source for this account. The names of the three men are not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.