Died in jail or a lockupUnder 18
Name not reported
A 17-year-old Black boy was being held by local officers at the calaboose in Oakwoods, Texas, on April 25, 1906. According to Dallas dispatches reported by the Watertown Weekly Leader, a mob of about seven men took him from the custody of the local officers. The deputy sheriff in charge fired at the mob, was seized and pinioned, and was released as the men left with the boy. The dispatches say the mob burned him at a stake and fired rifles at him while he burned.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Dallas dispatches report that a mob of about seven men took the boy from local officers at Oakwoods, Texas, and burned him at a stake.
Reported by: Dallas dispatches reporting the Oakwoods lynching (reporters).