Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to an 1887 Independent Statesman editorial, a group of white local leaders took a Black man from the Washington County jail in Texas about a week after an election-day dispute and killed him. The editorial describes wider election violence in the county, in which several Black men had been jailed. It does not name the man, give the exact date, or say how the jail or sheriff responded to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Independent Statesman editorial says a group of white local leaders took Black men out of the Washington County, Texas jail about a week after an election-day dispute and lynched them.
Reported by: Independent Statesman editorial (reporters).