Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unnamed Black man held in the Waco, Texas jail was taken out by an armed crowd a few nights after a court granted him a new trial, and he was hanged, according to The Montgomery Advertiser, which reported it on August 12, 1905. The paper's editorial placed blame on the court for the delay before the crowd acted, a characterization attributed to the paper alone.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An armed crowd took him from the Waco, Texas jail and hanged him, according to the newspaper account.
Reported by: news reports.