Died in jail or a lockupUnder 18
Name not reported
A 17-year-old Black girl was being held at a jail near Wagner, Oklahoma, when, her brother said, a mob of white men took her from the jail at about 4 a.m. and killed her. Her brother was nearby and said he could hear her cries but could not help her. He described her as a young woman from a respectable family and said he was anxious to learn what had become of their parents. The account, relayed from Clovis, New Mexico, came a few weeks after the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Her brother says a mob of white men took her from a jail near Wagner, Oklahoma, at about 4 a.m. and lynched her.
Reported by: her brother, as relayed in a dispatch from Clovis, N.M. (family or their lawyers).