Win. Rogers
Win Rogers, a Black man, was held in the jail at Elkhart, Texas. On the morning of June 21, 1885, an excited mob took him and four others from the jail and hanged him from a tree, according to The Hickman Courier, which reported on June 26, 1885. The paper said the jail officials were powerless to stop the mob. Elkhart's jail officials are not shown in the account to have resisted the mob, given up keys, or handed anyone over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Win. Rogers from the Elkhart, Texas jail and hanged him from a tree, and the jail officials were powerless to stop it.
Reported by: Elkhart jail officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.