Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
This man was one of nine men held in the Belton, Texas, county jail who were killed in their cells when a mob entered the jail. According to Henry W. Blair's account, printed in The Times on November 30, 1900, the jailer offered no resistance and handed the keys to the mob's leaders. Blair's account says the men were shot or stabbed to death, but it gives no name, exact date, or other details for this man. The event is described as having happened some years before the account was printed.
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 killed in his cell.
Reported by: Henry W. Blair.