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Jim Thomas
Jim Thomas, a 14-year-old Black boy, was one of seven men held under guard at Sunnyside, Texas, in late April 1897. According to a Houston dispatch reported by the San Francisco Call, a mob overpowered the guards and took the men away. Jim Thomas was among six people found hanging from an oak tree the next morning. The dispatch, as reported, describes the mob overpowering the guards rather than the guards handing the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Houston dispatch reported in the San Francisco Call says a mob overpowered the guards at Sunnyside, took Jim Thomas away and hanged him from an oak tree.
Reported by: San Francisco Call, citing a Houston dispatch (reporters).