Died in custody
Name not reported
This man was one of six Black men whom a mob took from the guards holding them near Sunnyside, Texas, according to the Austin Weekly Statesman, which printed the account in early May 1897. The mob killed the six men, and their 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 reporting of the 1897 lynching near Sunnyside, Texas (reporters).