Died in jail or a lockup
Louis Thomas
Louis Thomas, a Black man, was one of seven men held under guard at Sunnyside, Texas, in 1897. According to a Houston dispatch printed in the San Francisco Call, a mob overpowered the guards and took him and the other six men away. His body was found hanging from an oak tree the next morning, and the report says it was burned from the waist. The dispatch describes the guards as overpowered and does not say whether they resisted or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The San Francisco Call, citing a Houston dispatch, reported that a mob overpowered the guards holding Louis Thomas at Sunnyside, took him away and hanged him.
Reported by: San Francisco Call (citing a Houston dispatch) (reporters).