Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Two Black people held in the jail at Sulphur Springs, Texas, were taken from it by a mob and burned at the stake on August 29, 1915. A short wire report published by The Alaska Daily Empire the next day describes the killings. The jail held these two people when the mob took them and killed them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A short wire report says two people held in the Sulphur Springs, Texas, jail were taken out and burned at the stake.
Reported by: news reports.