Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to The Daily Phoenix of April 29, 1869, men described as Black preachers were being held at a jail in Texas on April 27, 1869. A mob took the men from the jail and hanged them. The account is a single newspaper report from that week.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.