Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to the New Iberia Enterprise, a man held in the jail at Orange, Texas, was taken from his cell by citizens and lynched on September 25, 1885, the day Sheriff J. C. Fennell was killed. The paper gives no name, age, or other details about him. The report is the only account of his death in the source material.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: New Iberia Enterprise (reporters).