Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Nine people held in the jail at Belton, Texas, were taken out and killed in June 1874 by a group of about one hundred armed, mounted men. According to a New Orleans Republican account published June 23, 1874, the men entered the town at midnight, broke open the jail and shot the prisoners. This person is not named in the account, and nothing else about them is recorded in the source.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A group 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.