Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
This man, whose name is not recorded, was held in the jail at Fort Mason, Texas, in 1873. According to Capt. A. W. Barrett of Los Angeles, who recalled the event in an 1893 account printed in the Narragansett Herald, a mob broke into the jail, took seven men from their cells and hanged them from a tree about a mile and a half away. Barrett said the men were strung up and left dangling until pursuers cut them down, and that five of them were already dead. This man was among those killed.
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.
Reported by: Capt. A. W. Barrett of Los Angeles.