Shea Feldner
Shed Felder was a Black man, 45 years old, held in the Brenham jail in December 1886. According to the Brenham Weekly Banner, a masked mob broke into the jail in the early morning hours, and the jailer, Jim Estes, was forced at gunpoint to hand over the keys. The mob took Felder and two other Black men from their cells, and their bodies were found hanging from a pecan tree about a mile from town. An inquest jury summoned by Justice Hackworth found that they died by hanging at the hands of people who were not identified.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A masked mob broke into the Brenham jail, forced the jailer to give up the keys, and took Shed Felder from his cell; an inquest jury found he died by hanging at the hands of unidentified people.
Reported by: inquest jury summoned by Justice Hackworth (court).