Died in custody
Thad McLemare
On the night of December 24, 1883, about fifty armed men took Thad McLemare from a saloon in McDade, Texas. They hanged him from a tree about a mile away. The killing was reported in the Cleveland Gazette on December 29, 1883.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A group of about fifty armed men took him from a saloon at McDade, Texas, and hanged him from a tree a mile away.
Reported by: news reports.