Died in custody
Ed House
According to a Dallas telegram printed in the Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner in August 1893, Ed House, a Black man, was captured in the brush a few miles from Waxahachie, Texas, and placed on a train to be taken away. The telegram reports that he was lynched at Palmer, in Ellis County, Texas, on or about July 20, 1893. The account names no officers or jail that held him when a mob took him from custody, and it does not say whether anyone resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Dallas telegram reported that Ed House was captured near Waxahachie, Texas, placed on a train, and lynched at Palmer, Texas.
Reported by: Dallas telegram as printed in the newspaper (reporters).