Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
Three people held at the Benden jail were taken from it by a group of citizens and hanged from a tree, according to a report the River Falls Journal printed from the Galveston News in December 1874. The men were reportedly held over the killing of a young man named Langley. One of the three is described as Black, and the account gives no names or ages for any of them.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Galveston News (as quoted) (reporters).