Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in the jail at Fort Mason, Texas, in 1873 was killed when a mob broke in and took him from his cell. Capt. A. W. Barrett of Los Angeles, recalling the event in an 1893 account, said the mob took seven men from their cells and hanged them from a tree about a mile and a half away. According to that account, the men were left hanging until pursuers cut them down, and five of them were already dead by then.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Capt. A. W. Barrett, recalling the event, says a mob broke into the Fort Mason jail, took men from their cells and hanged them from a tree.
Reported by: Capt. A. W. Barrett of Los Angeles, recalling the event.