Jesse Dillingham

Jesse Dillingham, a Black man, was held in the jail in a Texas town that a Houston news dispatch, reprinted by The Beatrice Daily Express, names as Sniokejville. Early on February 10, 1894, a mob broke into the jail, took him from his cell and hanged him from a rafter of a bridge. Officers from Houston went to the town to investigate. The dispatch does not say whether the jailer or officers resisted the mob, gave up keys, or handed him over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Houston news dispatch reprinted by The Beatrice Daily Express says a mob broke into the jail and hanged Jesse Dillingham from a bridge rafter.

Reported by: Houston news dispatch reprinted by The Beatrice Daily Express (reporters).

Source

• The Beatrice Daily Express, February 10, 1894, page 4 The Beatrice Daily Express, February 10, 1894