Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In June 1874, nine people held in the jail at Belton, Texas, were killed by a mob of about one hundred armed, mounted men who rode into town at midnight. According to a New Orleans newspaper report from that year, the men broke open the jail and shot the people held there. This person was one of those nine people.
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.