Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In May 1897, three Black men were being taken to the Falls County jail near Rosebud, Texas, when a mob took them from an officer and hanged them, according to a Waco dispatch printed in the El Paso Daily Herald. The men were held in custody, so the jail and the officer were responsible for their safety. Their names and ages are not given. The dispatch does not say whether the officer resisted the mob or handed the men over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Waco news dispatch reports that a mob took three men from an officer while they were being taken to the Falls County jail and hanged them.
Reported by: Waco news dispatch (reporters).