Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
One of four Mexican men held in the jail at Fort Davis, Texas, was taken from the jail by a mob and lynched, according to a report datelined San Antonio and published in the Daily Republican in December 1883. The man is not named in the report, and no date for the killing is given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.