Deering

A young man named Deering was taken from officers by a mob about ten miles below Gatesville, Texas, in February 1882, and was hanged, according to a brief item in the Brenham Weekly Banner. The paper does not say where he was being held, how the mob reached him, or whether the officers resisted or handed him over. The death is recorded in Coryell County.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A brief 1882 Brenham Weekly Banner item says a mob took Deering from officers and hanged him about ten miles below Gatesville.

Reported by: Brenham Weekly Banner (reporters).

News report

• Brenham Weekly Banner, February 23, 1882, page 1 Brenham Weekly Banner, February 23, 1882