Died in custody
Name not reported
He was one of six Black men whom a mob took from the guards holding them and killed near Sunnyside, Texas, according to the Austin Weekly Statesman, which reported the killings in early May 1897. The bodies were buried. The paper said the mob may have let a seventh man, Will Williams, escape.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.