Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died July 18, 1879 · Texas

A Black man held in a Texas jail was taken from the jail by a mob on the morning of July 18, 1879, and hanged. The Daily Kennebec Journal reported the killing in a brief dispatch published the next day.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Daily Kennebec Journal, July 19, 1879, page 3 Daily Kennebec Journal, July 19, 1879

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