Died in custody
Name not reported
Two men being taken from Gonzales County, Texas, toward San Diego by officers were lynched in June 1883, according to a short newspaper report published that month. The report says about twenty-five men overpowered the officers and took the two men from them. Their names are not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.