Died in custody
Name not reported
A mob entered the courtroom at Hempstead, Texas, during a proceeding involving the person, who was in custody there, and took them out. The mob lynched them near the courthouse. In a November 1902 report, The Birmingham Age-Herald argued that sheriffs and judges should be held responsible when a prisoner is taken from officers and lynched.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.