Hourey Gaines
Hourey Gaines, a Black man, was being taken to the Woodville jail in Texas under the guard of ten deputies on June 24, 1892, according to a Galveston dispatch reprinted in the Richmond Dispatch. Near Spargis, masked and armed men demanded his release, levelled their guns at the guards and ordered them back. A volley of gunfire then killed him and two other men who were being taken to the jail. The dispatch's account is the only one available, and it does not say how the deputies responded beyond stepping back.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked men took Gaines from the deputies escorting him to the Woodville jail and shot him in a volley, according to a Galveston dispatch reprinted in the Richmond Dispatch.
Reported by: Galveston dispatch reprinted in the Richmond Dispatch (reporters).