Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person held in a Texas jail in April 1897 was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged, according to an 1897 newspaper report. The report says seven Black people were taken from a Texas jail this way, and six were hanged, but it gives no names. The death is recorded as a homicide by hanging.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.