Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Farmersville, Texas, was taken from the jail in August 1911 by a crowd the Hattiesburg News estimated at 75 to 100 people. The crowd forced him to climb a telephone pole, placed a rope around his neck, and he died by strangulation. His name and age are not given in the account, and it does not say whether the jailer or officers resisted the crowd, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.