Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to an August 1905 Montgomery Advertiser editorial, quoted in a reader's letter, an armed crowd took a man from the jail at Waco, Texas, and hanged him. The editorial blamed the seizure on an earlier court ruling, which it called the first failure of justice. A letter writer argued that the editorial encouraged mob violence, and the Advertiser denied defending mob law.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Montgomery Advertiser editorial, quoted in a reader's letter, says an armed crowd took a man from the Waco, Texas jail and hanged him.
Reported by: The Montgomery Advertiser editorial, as quoted in a letter to the editor (reporters).