Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
An unnamed Black person held in the jail at Sulphur Springs, Texas, was taken from custody and burned at the stake on August 29, 1915, according to a brief wire report published the next day in The Alaska Daily Empire. The report names neither the person nor any other victim by name, and it does not say who took them from the jail. It also does not say whether jail staff resisted or handed them over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.