Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in a jail at Hearne, Texas, was taken from it at night by a mob, according to a short dispatch printed in the Deseret Evening News on May 12, 1890. The mob then lynched him. The death occurred in May 1890.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.