Name not reported

A Black man held in the jail at Livingston, Texas, in Polk County, was taken from it by an armed group of men and hanged, according to a June 1890 newspaper report. Black residents of the area were reported to be angered by the killing, and two white men thought to be connected with the lynching were reported killed in the unrest that followed. Sheriff Hammond was reported to have warned that troops might be required, and troops in Houston were readied amid fears of racial conflict in the county.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Evening World, June 19, 1890, page 1 The Evening World, June 19, 1890