Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man, whose name is not recorded, was taken from the custody of the sheriff near Texarkana, Texas, in February 1922, according to a bulletin of the American Civil Liberties Union reported by The Milwaukee Leader. The bulletin says a band of masked men seized him and scalded him to death in boiling tar. It places the killing within a week of Ku Klux Klan violence in Texas.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The American Civil Liberties Union bulletin, as reported, says masked men took him from the sheriff and scalded him to death in boiling tar.
Reported by: American Civil Liberties Union bulletin, as reported.