Died in custody
Name not reported
According to a report in the Austin Weekly Statesman published May 6, 1897, a mob near Sunnyside, Texas, took six men from the guards holding them and lynched them, and one of the six was a Black man. The report says the mob took the men from the guards who held them, and that the men were then killed. The bodies were buried. The report says 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.