Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
This person is not named in the source account. They were one of nine people held in the jail at Belton, Texas, in June 1874. According to a New Orleans newspaper report, about one hundred armed, mounted men entered the town at midnight, broke open the jail and shot the prisoners, killing this person. The report describes the attack as a lynching from custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about one hundred armed, mounted men broke open the Belton, Texas, jail at midnight and shot the prisoners, according to an 1874 newspaper account.
Reported by: news reports.