Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A San Antonio dispatch printed in the Daily Republican in December 1883 reports that a mob took one of four Mexican men held at the Fort Davis jail in Texas from the jail and lynched him. It also does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.