Died in jail or a lockup
Will Stanley
Will Stanley, a Black man, was being held in the Temple jail in Texas. Around midnight on August 2, 1915, a mob took him from the jail and burned him on the public square in front of hundreds of onlookers, including women and children. He struggled to escape the flames. The newspaper account does not say whether jail officers resisted the crowd or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.