Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name is not recorded in the sources, was held in a jail in Texas in April 1897. A mob took him from the jail and shot him to death with a volley of rifle fire. He was the seventh of seven Black people reported taken from custody in this way.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob reportedly took him from a Texas jail and shot him with a volley of rifle fire after he allegedly tried to escape.
Reported by: news reports.