Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the jail at Atlanta, Texas, was taken from the jail by a mob and lynched, according to a short 1908 news item in The Bossier Banner. The item does not give his name or age, and it does not say how the mob got in or whether jail officers resisted or handed him over. The death is recorded here as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Bossier Banner (reporters).