Died in jail or a lockup
Tom Dickson
Tom Dickson, a 22-year-old Black man, was held in the jail in Hempstead, Texas. The Denver Star reported in 1916 that a mob took him from the jail and hanged him in the public square. The lynching is the only event the report describes, and it is the account as the paper gave it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Denver Star reports that a mob took Tom Dickson from the jail in Hempstead, Texas, and hanged him in the public square.
Reported by: The Denver Star (reporters).