Eli Dyer
Eli Dyer, one of two brothers, was held in the jail at Bonham, Texas, in June 1885. On June 9, 1885, a mob took him and his brother Sam from the jail and lynched them. A Savannah Morning News account, citing a Texas report, said a masked group of about 100 men woke the jailer at gunpoint, demanded the keys, and that the jailer handed them over. That account also said the men carried Eli a few hundred yards and hanged him from a tree, and that his body was found at daylight with death attributed to strangulation.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob of about 100 men took Eli Dyer from his cell at the Bonham, Texas jail and hanged him, according to the Savannah Morning News citing a Texas report, which says the jailer handed over the keys at gunpoint.
Reported by: Savannah Morning News, citing Texas report (reporters).