Died in custody
Henry Billiard
Henry Billiard, a Black man, was in the custody of officers when they brought him back to Tyler from Longview on October 29, 1895. A mob took him from those officers and burned him to death. He was a man whose life ended in a lynching while the state held him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.