Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In 1896, a man held in a Texas jail was taken from the jail by a mob and killed. The mob also took another man held there, after a bank cashier was killed in the area. Both men were lynched, and the killing was linked by the newspaper account to the cashier's death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.