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Died in jail or a lockup

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died April 1897 · Texas

In April 1897, this person was held in a jail in Texas. According to the Worcester Morning Daily Spy, a mob broke in and took them from the jail along with six other Black people. The paper reported that six of the people taken were hanged.

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

Reported by: news reports.

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