Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a May 1891 newspaper report, a young Black man held in the jail at Clarksville, Texas, was taken from that jail by a mob. The mob lynched him. The report describes the killing as a lynching carried out by people who took him from the custody of the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Colored exchanges, as reprinted in the Huntsville Gazette (reporters).