Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
He was one of nine men held in the Bell County jail at Belton, Texas, who were killed in their cells when a mob entered the jail. According to Henry W. Blair's account, printed in The Times in 1900, the jailer offered no resistance and handed the keys to the mob's leaders. The account describes events some years before 1900.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Henry W. Blair's 1900 account says a mob entered the Belton, Texas, county jail, the jailer handed over the keys, and the man was shot or stabbed to death in his cell.
Reported by: Henry W. Blair (reporters).