Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a Friday dispatch from Austin published in the Cherokee Scout in November 1891, a mob took a Black person from the jail at Linden, Cass County, Texas, chained them to a tree and burned them to death. The governor wrote a letter denouncing the killing and offered a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of each member of the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Friday dispatch from Austin reported that a mob took a Black person from the Linden, Cass County, Texas jail, chained them to a tree and burned them to death.
Reported by: news reports.