Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
In May 1897, a mob seized three Black men from the officer escorting them to the Falls County jail near Rosebud, Texas, and hanged them. The men were in custody on their way to the jail when they were taken and killed. A Waco news dispatch printed in the El Paso Daily Herald reported the lynching in a few lines.
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 near Rosebud and hanged them.
Reported by: Waco news dispatch (reporters).