Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to The Wheeling Intelligencer, a Black man held in a county jail was taken from it by a mob of about 1,000 men. The paper reports that the mob hanged him from an oak tree on the courthouse lawn on July 29, 1920. The paper also says a company of state troops sent from Austin to protect the prisoner did not stop the crowd, which dispersed afterward.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Wheeling Intelligencer reported that a mob of about 1,000 men took a Black man from a county jail and hanged him from an oak tree on the courthouse lawn.
Reported by: The Wheeling Intelligencer (reporters).