Died in custody
Name not reported
Two Black men were taken from the custody of the sheriff near Brandon, Mississippi, and killed by a mob, according to a brief item in the Fort Worth Gazette published on October 11, 1892. The report gives no names, no exact date of the killings, and no account of how the sheriff responded when the mob came. Because the item is so short, the details of who the men were and what happened to them rest on this single report alone.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.