Oscar Lee Tucker
Oscar Lee Tucker was a 17-year-old Black teenager held in the jail at Weir, Texas, which one report spells Weimer. According to the Brunswick Daily News, on the night of August 29, 1904, while the sheriff was away, four men entered the jail building, took him out, and pulled him up with a rope until he was strangled. The Colfax Gazette gave the date of death as August 31, 1904, and said he was lynched while held there. The men's names had not been ascertained, and authorities were investigating the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Four white men reportedly entered the Weir, Texas jail while the sheriff was away, took Oscar Tucker from custody and strangled him with a rope; authorities were investigating the killing.
Reported by: authorities investigating the killing.