Died in jail or a lockup
One of 2 people whose names were not reported
According to a short newspaper report in the Dallas Daily Herald, a person held in a jail was taken out by men in disguise and hanged on April 17, 1881. The account was datelined Jacksonville, Florida. Men in disguise took the person from custody and killed them by hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.