Died in custody
Tem Sweat
In November 1897, Tem Sweat was being taken toward Milan, Texas, by a posse and its guards. A group of men took him from those guards and hanged him from the limb of a tree. He was a Black man, and he was killed by a mob while in the custody of the men who were transporting him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A group took Tem Sweat from the posse escorting him toward Milan and hanged him from a tree limb.
Reported by: news reports.