Died in custody
Name not reported
A Black man was being taken to jail in Texas in April 1906 under the custody of two officers. A posse of citizens took him from the officers and held him until the father of a young woman arrived. According to the newspaper dispatch, the father rode up, ordered the crowd back, and fired a shotgun loaded with buckshot into the man, killing him instantly. The mob's seizure of him from the officers is the only account of how the officers acted.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Dallas newspaper dispatch reports that a posse took the man from two officers who were taking him to jail, and that the young woman's father then shot him with buckshot.
Reported by: Dallas newspaper dispatch (reporters).