Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On December 5, 1911, a mob forced its way into the jail at Valiant, Oklahoma, took a young Black man from his cell and hanged him from a tree, according to an Albuquerque Morning Journal report published the next day. The man, whose name is not given, had refused to give his name when he was held there. The mob's accusation against him, as the paper repeated it, is not repeated here. The jail was not reported to have resisted the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Albuquerque Morning Journal (reporters).