Died in custody
Name not reported
According to a Connecticut Western News dispatch datelined Sweet Home, Texas, two Black men were taken from the officers holding them by a mob and hanged in June 1894. The account reports the men were arrested near Sweet Home before they were taken. Their names are not given in the report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Connecticut Western News dispatch from Sweet Home, Texas reports that a mob took two men from officers and hanged them.
Reported by: Connecticut Western News dispatch datelined Sweet Home, Tex. (reporters).