Name not reported

Two men, not named in the account, were in the custody of the sheriff near Rockport, Texas, in June 1874 when he was taking them by wagon toward Goliad. According to the Rockport Transcript, as reprinted in the New York Dispatch, a strong armed force overtook the wagon, took the two men from the sheriff and killed them. The men had been captured after a shooting at a hut near Rockport. The account gives no further detail about the sheriff's response or the people who took them.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Rockport Transcript reports that an armed force overtook the sheriff's wagon, took two prisoners from him and killed them.

Reported by: Rockport (Texas) Transcript (reporters).

Source

• New York Dispatch, July 5, 1874, page 6 New York Dispatch, July 5, 1874