Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a Santa Fe New Mexican editorial published in November 1902, a man whose name is not given was taken from a Texas jail by a mob and hanged. The editorial lists him as the third of three people it describes. It does not give his name, the exact date, or the name of the jail. Whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over is not reported in this account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Santa Fe New Mexican editorial says a mob hanged a third man taken from a Texas jail.
Reported by: Santa Fe New Mexican editorial (reporters).