Died in jail or a lockupUnder 18
Name not reported
A 17-year-old Black man was held in a jail in Texas when, according to a brief item in The Clarion published March 7, 1883, a mob took him from the jail and killed him. The jail was the place where he was being held, and the mob reached him there. His death is recorded in this one short newspaper report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.