Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Lige Daniels, a Black man, was held in the jail in Center, Texas, on August 2, 1920. According to an Associated Press dispatch, a mob of about 1,000 people took him from the jail and hanged him in the courthouse yard. The dispatch does not say whether jail or county officers resisted the mob or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).