Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three men held in the jail at Bryan, Texas, were taken from their cells by a mob and lynched, according to a brief report in The Free Press published June 18, 1896. The report gives no names for the men and no date for the killings. It does not say whether jail officers resisted the mob or handed over the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched