Died in custody
Jim Brooks
Jim Brooks, a Black man, was held under guard at Orange, Texas. According to the Evening Star, on the night of August 14, 1889, about 1 a.m., a mob of roughly 300 men took him from the guard. The newspaper said they hanged him from a tree and fired a volley of bullets into his body. The death was reported as a homicide in the Evening Star's account published the next day.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Evening Star reported that a mob of about 300 men took Jim Brooks from his guard at Orange, Texas, hanged him from a tree and riddled his body with bullets.
Reported by: Evening Star (reporters).