Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
One of nine men held in the Bell County jail in Belton, Texas, who were killed in their cells when a mob entered the jail. Henry W. Blair's account, printed in 1900, says the jailer offered no resistance and handed the keys to the mob's leaders. Blair also says this man was shot or stabbed to death in his cell.
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).