Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man whose name is not recorded was one of nine men held in the Bell County jail at Belton, Texas, who were killed in their cells when a mob broke into the building. According to Henry W. Blair, writing in 1900, the jailer offered no resistance and handed the keys to the mob's leaders. The killing is described as having happened some years before that account was printed. No age or exact date of death is given for him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Henry W. Blair's 1900 account says a mob entered the Belton, Texas jail, and the jailer handed over the keys, and the man was shot or stabbed to death in his cell.
Reported by: Henry W. Blair (reporters).