Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the Hopkins County jail in Texas was taken from his cell by a group of men and shot, according to an 1867 newspaper item. The account gives neither his name nor the date of the killing. The item was published in the Delaware State Journal And Statesman on March 8, 1867.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.