Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man held in the local lockup at Oakwoods, Texas, was taken from custody by a mob in April 1906, according to Dallas news dispatches reprinted in the New Ulm Review. The dispatches say the deputy sheriff guarding him was seized and bound before the mob took him, chained him to a railroad rail, and set a fire around him while firing rifles at him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Dallas news dispatches report that a mob seized a deputy guarding him, took him from the calaboose, chained him to a railroad rail, set a fire around him and fired rifles at him.
Reported by: Dallas news dispatches (reporters).