Leonard Johnson
Leonard Johnson, a Black man, was being taken by Sheriff Norwood and a posse toward Rusk when a mob of more than 100 men and boys overpowered them at Lone Star, according to The Topeka State Journal. The mob took him a short distance from town, tied him to a stake and burned him to death while he pleaded for his life. The sheriff and posse held him in their custody until the mob seized him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of more than 100 men and boys overpowered Sheriff Norwood and his posse while they were taking Leonard Johnson toward Rusk, then tied him to a stake and burned him to death.
Reported by: Sheriff Norwood (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.