Lynching of Walter Dering

April 16, 1878

City: Riverside, Texas

County: Walker County

Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black

Gender of Victim: Male

Age of Victim: Eighteen

Alleged Crime: Miscegenation

Manner of Death: Shot

Source of Information: National newspapers

Lynching in Texas Staff, “Lynching of Walter Dering,” Lynching In Texas, accessed April 24, 2024, https://lynchingintexas.org/items/show/1005.