Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to the Hand County Press of July 4, 1883, a mob of about 150 horsemen took a Black man from the jail at Jefferson, Texas, and hanged him from a tree on the edge of town. The paper reported that four bullets were also fired into his head. The man was held in the jail when the mob took him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about 150 horsemen took him from the Jefferson, Texas jail and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: news reports.