Sabe Stewart
Sabe Stewart was one of three men held in the Rosebud jail in Texas. On the night of May 13, 1897, guards refused a masked mob's demand for the prisoners, and officers then moved the three men out of town by bus. The mob overtook the officers, seized the men and hanged them from a tree about three miles east of Rosebud. Accounts differ on the size of the mob, with estimates ranging from 100 to 1,000 men. The sheriff said nothing had yet been learned about who made up the mob, and an inquest was opened.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Masked mobs of about 100 to 1,000 men took three men held in the Rosebud jail from officers and hanged them from a tree east of town after guards refused the mob's demand for the prisoners at the jail.
Reported by: The Herald (reporters); the sheriff.