Henry Mouzon
Henry Mouseon, a Black man, was held in the custody of the sheriff and his deputies near Paris, Texas, when a mob took him from them and hanged him from a telephone pole on the public square on January 17, 1913, according to a dispatch. Another report places the hanging at Cooper, Texas, and the papers spell his name in several ways, including Mouzon and Mousen. One account says the officers made an effort to protect him, while the dispatch does not say whether they resisted or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Henry Mouseon from the sheriff and deputies who held him and hanged him from a telephone pole on the public square in Paris, Texas, according to a 1913 dispatch.
Reported by: Birmingham Age-Herald dispatch from Paris, Tex. (reporters); Associated Press (reporters).