Died in custody
Name not reported
An unnamed man was held in the custody of the Starr County sheriff near the Rio Grande in late 1853. On the night of December 6, 1853, a group of persons not identified in the account took him from the sheriff and hanged him. The sheriff's conduct during the seizure is not described in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.