Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man whose name the article does not clearly give was held in the Paris, Texas jail in July 1920, in the same jail as Herman Arthur. According to The Birmingham Age-Herald, a crowd took the two men from the jail and burned them at the stake on the fairgrounds that night. The article reports that the Paris sheriff doubted this man was the right person.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A crowd took him from the Paris, Texas jail and burned him at the stake on the fairgrounds, and the sheriff was quoted as doubting he was the right man.
Reported by: Paris, Texas sheriff (the agency that held him); news reports.