Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three Black men were held in the jail at Bendon, Texas, when a group of citizens took them from it and hanged them from a tree as a train passed nearby. The Galveston News reported the killings, and its account was reprinted in The New North-West on January 15, 1875. The men were killed outside the jail after a mob removed them from its custody.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: the Galveston News (reporters).