Died in jail or a lockup
Henry Williams
Henry Williams, a Black man, was one of three men held in the jail at Rosebud, Texas. On the night of May 13, 1897, officers and guards began moving the prisoners out of the jail by bus, after refusing a mob's demand at the jail for them. A mob of about a thousand masked men overtook the officers and guards, seized the three men, and hanged them from a tree about three miles east of town. The Record-Union reported that the guards had refused the demand at the jail, while The Herald reported that the mob overpowered the officers and dispersed quietly afterward.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Herald (reporters).