Divel Rucker
Divel Rucker, a Black man about thirty years old, was held by officers in Houston, Texas, on the night of February 7, 1913. Early the next morning, according to an Associated Press dispatch, a mob took him from the officers, led him to the courthouse yard and lynched him before a crowd estimated at one thousand. The dispatch says a member of the mob shot him four times with a revolver. The sheriff, with armed militia members, looked on, and the district attorney appealed to the crowd to let the law take its course, without effect.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. An Associated Press dispatch reports a mob took Divel Rucker from officers holding him in Houston and shot him to death in the courthouse yard.
Reported by: Associated Press dispatch (reporters).