Died in custody
Hatheron
Hatheron, a Black man, was in the custody of a sheriff's posse near Lovelady, Texas, in early July 1885. According to the Weekly Commercial Herald, the officers left Hatheron tied to a tree in the woods while they went to get water. A mob found Hatheron there and hanged them within two hundred yards of the county jail. Hatheron's body was found hanging the next morning.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.