Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man held in a Texas jail was taken out by a mob and lynched, according to a brief wire item in the Madison Daily Leader in May 1890. The item gives his name, age, and the jail's location, so those details remain unknown from this account. The mob took him from the jail and killed him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.