Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man held in custody was being taken to Millican under the guard of a posse on November 10, 1897, when a group of men seized him from his guards and hanged him from a tree. A dispatch from Bryan, Texas, published in the Daily Public Ledger on November 19, 1897, reported the killing. The dispatch names no one among those who took him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A posse taking the man to Millican was seized from his guards and hanged from a tree, according to a Bryan, Texas dispatch.
Reported by: Bryan, Texas dispatch (newspaper report) (reporters).