Died in custody
Name not reported
In June 1894, a news dispatch datelined Sweet Home, Texas, reported that two Black men held by officers were taken from them by a mob and hanged. The dispatch, printed in the Waterbury Evening Democrat on June 12, 1894, gives no names or ages and does not name the facility where the men were held. The report was described as unconfirmed at the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news dispatch datelined Sweet Home, Texas, reports that a mob took the men from the officers holding them and hanged them.
Reported by: news dispatch datelined Sweet Home, Tex. (reporters).