Cato

Cato was a Black man held in the jail at Dallas, Texas. According to a Houston Telegraph account reprinted in the Pawtucket Gazette and Chronicle on August 17, 1860, he was one of three Black men taken out of the jail, escorted to the place of execution by the military, and hanged before a large crowd on July 31, 1860. The Houston Telegraph account gives the cause of death as hanging, by dislocation of the cervical vertebrae.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Houston Telegraph, as reprinted in the Pawtucket Gazette and Chronicle, says Cato was taken from the Dallas jail and hanged in front of a large crowd.

Reported by: Houston Telegraph (as reprinted in the Pawtucket Gazette and Chronicle) (reporters).

Source

• Pawtucket Gazette And Chronicle, August 17, 1860, page 2 Pawtucket Gazette And Chronicle, August 17, 1860