Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to Texas Attorney General Hogg, several Black people held in a jail were shot and killed about May 19, 1887, a week before a May 26, 1887 report described the killings. Hogg said the killers must be punished. The dead are not named in the account, and the jail is not identified.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Texas Attorney General Hogg said the prisoners were shot and the killers must be punished, but the account does not identify the killers or how the shooting happened.
Reported by: Attorney General Hogg, of Texas.