Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black person was held at a jail in Texas in April 1897 when a mob took them from the jail and killed them. The newspaper report says seven Black people were taken from the jail by a mob that month, and that six of the seven were hanged. The report says this person was hanged.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.