Died in jail or a lockupUnder 18
Aaron Thomas
Aaron Thomas, a 13-year-old Black boy, was among seven men held under guard at Sunnyside, Texas, in April 1897. According to a Houston dispatch printed in the San Francisco Call, a mob overpowered the guards and took the men away. His body was among six found hanging from an oak tree the next morning, and the report attributes the killings to the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The San Francisco Call, citing a Houston dispatch, reports that a mob overpowered the guards holding Aaron Thomas at Sunnyside and hanged him from an oak tree.
Reported by: San Francisco Call (citing a Houston dispatch) (reporters).