Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
This person was one of nine people held in the jail at Belton, Texas, in June 1874, according to a New Orleans newspaper account published that month. The account says about one hundred armed, mounted men entered the town at midnight, broke open the jail and shot the prisoners. The person is not named in the report, and it is not stated whether the jailer or sheriff resisted or handed over the keys.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.