Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at New Braunfels, Texas, was taken from the jail by a mob and shot, according to a report published in the St. Landry Democrat in July 1879. The report places the killing in 1874. His name is not recorded in the report. The mob's killing of him is the only account of the death in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.