Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In June 1874, nine people were held in the jail at Belton, Texas. According to a New Orleans Republican account published June 23, 1874, about one hundred armed, mounted men entered the town at midnight and broke into the jail. The men shot the people held there, and this person was among the nine who were killed. The newspaper account gives no name for this person.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A group of about one hundred armed, mounted men broke open the Belton jail and shot the prisoners, according to an 1874 newspaper account.
Reported by: 1874 newspaper account (reporters).