Nelson Calhoun
Nelson Calhoun, a 25-year-old Black man, left a wife and three children, according to the Austin Weekly Statesman. He was held overnight in the Corsicana calaboose, and the next morning a crowd disarmed the officers who had taken him out to be identified. The crowd carried him by carriage beyond the city limits and killed him. The coroner's inquest, according to T. D. Hightower, recorder and acting coroner, attributed his death to gunshot wounds inflicted by parties unknown to the coroner.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The acting coroner's inquest attributed his death to gunshot wounds inflicted by parties unknown to the coroner.
Reported by: T. D. Hightower, recorder and acting coroner (medical examiner or coroner).