Died in custody
Lon Hall
Lon Hall, a Black man, was reportedly taken from the officers holding him and hanged, according to a brief 1894 dispatch datelined Sweet Home in the Durham Daily Globe. The dispatch says a mob took him from the custody of officers in Texas and killed him by hanging. It does not name the jail or lockup where he was held, or say whether the officers resisted, gave up the keys, or handed him over. The dispatch is the only account of his death in the sources.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A short Texas dispatch from Sweet Home reports that Lon Hall was taken from officers holding him and hanged.
Reported by: news reports.