Died in custody
Name not reported
On April 25, 1906, in Grosbeck, Texas, two officers were taking a Black man to jail when a posse of citizens took him from their custody. The posse held him until the arrival of a young woman's father, who ordered the crowd back and fired both barrels of a shotgun at him. A wire dispatch printed in the Wenatchee Daily World reported that he was killed instantly by buckshot wounds.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper report citing a wire dispatch says a posse seized him from two officers taking him to jail and the young woman's father shot him with a shotgun.
Reported by: Wenatchee Daily World, citing a wire dispatch from Grosbeck, Texas (reporters).